I really don't mean to be THAT GUY

and stomp all over everyone's creativity, but is there any chance we could cut back on the flashy avatars and sigs? If not that's cool I'll just try to look out for them more but seizure disorders are more common than may you think.

This is kind of awkward because I hate having people adjust around my "needs" but yeah that would be really helpful.

 

I'm assuming this is only for gifs or avatars that change/move really fast?

 

Yeah exactly, I mean fast moving gifs are fine as long as its not like nothing but flashing colors.

 

nah

but srsli is mine an issue

 

if mine are ever an issue, just let me know outright., since those tend to be my style

 

Ah, I see. It's an understandable request. I remember reading one of your posts regarding your condition before.

I wonder if it would be worth contacting the staff about- I visit another forum where there's an option for each user to 'hide' certain people's avatars and signatures. It's completely customizable through the user settings, and it wouldn't really require others to change the way they do things or leave anyone (like yourself) feeling awkward about asking things like this. Just a thought~

 

****, sorry. Changed it for u bby

 

Your sig is fine

Gotcha, and the recent ones have been 50/50. Some good some bad, and since (if i can recall you change your stuff a lot) i didnt bother. But thanks

MEANS A LOT DAD

 

@Makaze has a way to disable people's signatures if you don't want to be bothered by the .gifs

 

It's not an unreasonable request if it's for your own health and well-being. Seizures are nothing to laugh at as I've had a few myself. [ fyi: I had a mild case of epilepsy that I essentially grew out of with medication and frequent doctor visits. ]

 

We've asked people to take down gifs that are too flashy before, so if there's a particular one you're talking about then feel free to report it. Obviously it will need to be a reasonable complaint but flashy gifs are unnecessary.

 

Normally I don't really give a crap about people's sigs/avvys because artistic stuff is cool as hell. It's just some things can't really be avoided, I take medication daily and whatnot so its not a huge deal and even if I had one due to some flashy thing on this site I wouldn't really be mad.

It's just if I have one, I am blacklisted by the DMV for six months (I have to go six months with no seizures in order to get off of said "blacklist") which blows because this has happened like twice now. LUCKILY I will be cleared in August, yay freedom.

 

♡ SUFFERING oh, if my avatar's an issue just shoot me a message. i'm gonna change my theme soon anyway and it'll be a solid image so ~

( omg if it really is an issue i'll change it now. i didn't even think about it )​

 

I might be able to help.

You can try this to hide sigs...

To freeze all gifs, use this (use your own @include rules for sites you want):

Code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name	Freeze All GIFs
// @namespace	Makaze
// @description	Freezes all animated GIFs on a page.
// @include	*
// @grant	none
// @version	1.0
// ==/UserScript==

function createElement(type, callback) {
	var element = document.createElement(type);

	callback(element);

	return element;
}

function freezeGif(img) {
	var width = img.width,
	height = img.height,
	canvas = createElement('canvas', function(clone) {
		clone.width = width;
		clone.height = height;
	}),
	attr,
	i = 0;

	var freeze = function() {
		canvas.getContext('2d').drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height);

		for (i = 0; i < img.attributes.length; i++) {
			attr = img.attributes[i];

			if (attr.name !== '"') {
				canvas.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value);
			}
		}

		canvas.style.position = 'absolute';
		
		img.parentNode.insertBefore(canvas, img);
		img.style.opacity = 0;
	};

	if (img.complete) {
		freeze();
	} else {
		img.addEventListener('load', freeze, true);
	}
}

function freezeAllGifs() {
	return new Array().slice.apply(document.images).map(freezeGif);
}

freezeAllGifs();

 

Yeah, flashy hurts.

 

You're fine don't worry about it. Thank you though.

Oh cool man thanks.

 

Updated the freezing code since it didn't affect avatars (which are incorrectly loaded as JPGs).

Note that this script effectively renders all images unsaveable... Win some, you lose some.

EDIT: Scratch that. Updated again. They can be saved now (in their original form).

 

Good thing I'll never have GIF's in my stuff.

 

All of the above about letting me know and stuff..though I don't really use gif avatars but if my sig's a problem then let me know