If we can... Can we?

[Lylith]

I recently started doing .gif art for avatars and such and I really enjoy it, but I realized that Iwaku doesn't support gifs as avatars...

Just thinking this should be implemented. IT'd be really fun to see and I think it would expand the possibilities for creativity exponentially.

Gifs

 

[Jorick]

Avatar gifs are supported, but they get broken when it has to be resized. See this FAQ entry for an explanation of those limits.

 

[Lylith]

I don't understand how resizing breaks it but I'll give it a try...

 

[Lylith]

Yeah, not that great.

It'd be nice to have proper gifs supported. Maybe with 1MB size limit as long as it's a gif file.

This 200mb thing is disappointing. By the time you scale the image down and remove all but like, five frames, your avatar looks like crap...

 

[Tempest]

Part of the current limits on avatars and signatures, as I understand it, are to limit the resource load for individuals with limited bandwidth or internet speeds to still be able to access the site in a relatively decent time and without going through all their data.

I know it seems inconvenient, but admittedly, it helps x.x" i've seen what gif trends do to a site... i like being able to actually read threads o.o"

 

[Lylith]

I suppose.

 

[Astaroth]

Part of the current limits on avatars and signatures, as I understand it, are to limit the resource load for individuals with limited bandwidth or internet speeds to still be able to access the site in a relatively decent time and without going through all their data.

I know it seems inconvenient, but admittedly, it helps x.x" i've seen what gif trends do to a site... i like being able to actually read threads o.o"

Pretty much this, yes. High-quality .GIFs slow down page loading times and are a strain on bandwidth/data.

If a file exceeds the size limits, it is automatically resized by the forum when it's uploaded as an avatar. When you resize .GIFs without a program that's made to re-scale the animations, you wind up with a static image. The forum software isn't made to account for that.