Animated Avatars YES/NO Usergroup Permission Option

[PASS]

Please consider including this option in 2.0. Reading a page of posts and having 20+ animated avatars is really annoying.

Thx.



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[Mike]

This could be an option, but I'd note that you sort of have to opt in to allowing animated avatars in the first place by choosing to use Imagick rather than the default GD.

 

[PASS]

This could be an option, but I'd note that you sort of have to opt in to allowing animated avatars in the first place by choosing to use Imagick rather than the default GD.

Thank for the consideration.

 

[PASS]

Is there anything I can do now to block animated avatars. It's getting out of hand and really distracting.

 

[Bionic Rooster]

As Mike suggested you could use the default GD and turn off Imagick on your server.

 

[PASS]

As Mike suggested you could use the default GD and turn off Imagick on your server.

I tried that. It didn't seem to work.

 

[Mike]

It does resolve it, but it won't be retroactive. You'd need to just remove those users' avatars if they're problematic.

 

[Steve F]

@NixFifty recently released this but hopefully XF 2.0 has something built in!

 

[Gangleider]

This could be an option, but I'd note that you sort of have to opt in to allowing animated avatars in the first place by choosing to use Imagick rather than the default GD.

I agree that this is a useful permission to have, the main use case is giving certain usergroups permission to use .gif avatars whilst barring others.
This cuts down on some of the downsides of having animated avatars (namely file size and performance when there's 20 avatars on a page) and adds incentive for things like paid usergroup promotions.

 

[AddonsLab]

We have released a free add-on implementing animated avatar permissions - https://xenforo.com/community/resources/no-gif-avatar-by-addonslab.6150/ Feel free to check it out.

Thank you!