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Orwell
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02 Apr 2008, 10:07 pm

Does anyone else dislike the avatars with flashing lights/moving images? They seem to overload my senses a bit, especially since they are in my peripheral vision, which is much more easily overloaded. It's OK if I look right at them most of the time, but to be reading a post and see something blinking or moving out of the corner of my eye...


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02 Apr 2008, 10:16 pm

I don't like them a bit. The large ones are a little startling as well, but I don't like the flashing ones, as they're hard on my eyes and distracting to my peripheral. But hey, I can't control other people. :hmph:


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02 Apr 2008, 10:18 pm

I generally don't mind moving avatars/icons (unless it's a series of images that cnange too fast), but flashing/flickering lights do bother me.



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02 Apr 2008, 10:24 pm

Orwell wrote:
Does anyone else dislike the avatars with flashing lights/moving images?

Hate. Them.
And stupid internet ads. The moving ones.



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02 Apr 2008, 11:43 pm

riverotter wrote:
And stupid internet ads. The moving ones.

Those things are THE WORST!

When I read the New York Times online I have to set each article to Print, which gets rid of all of the junk and leaves nice, readable text with NO MOTION :D