Avatars Pixelated

[+Viridios]

I just noticed that my avatar looks blurry and pixelated. Is this a strange side effect to the site update? Any suggestions for a fix?

[+niraD]

It's a "feature". Groundspeak resized all the avatars to 48x48, but the forums still display them as 75x75 so the image quality suffers.

[+hzoi]

Even my 48x48 50x50 avatar at the top corner of the screen looks like crap, though.

[+Viajero Perdido]

Any suggestions for a fix?

Sounds like it's a forehead-slapper and a couple of one-line code changes. I give good odds it'll be slipped into the (now regularly scheduled?) hotfix that somebody mentioned was coming today.

 

Once somebody finally notices the food on their face, it's gone instantly.

 

BTW, it's also being discussed here in the so-old-they're-new-again support forums.

[knowschad]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

[7rxc]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

Maybe you're not a dog, but a PIXELy!

 

Hope they get it straightened out though... it is hard enough to make decent avatars at 75x75... add to that that my 'image host' has vanished breaking links all over these fora. I doubt that I'll ever get them back... not worried about the pics, I have all those, but how the heck can I edit the posts (can't obviously). Lucky that most of them are unimportant, but a few were educational.

Have to see what that host does about it, not a GC/GS problem though. I already have a new host. I'll have to wait and see how our problem resolves though. Hope they leave the 75x75 alone and shrink them for the GC site or... let us shrink them and have a separate upload for GC use... Like they do the profile pic.

 

Doug 7rxc

[+sbell111]

I just assumed that it was regularly-scheduled avatar silliness.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

 

After a failed attempt to put a shirt on the Team Cotati's avatar using an avatar swapping algorithm the next approach is to pixelate all of them.

[+39chevy]

I just noticed that my avatar looks blurry and pixelated. Is this a strange side effect to the site update? Any suggestions for a fix?

 

Last time i got pixelated everything looked like that.

I don't do that any more, can't handle the 3 day hangover.

[AZcachemeister]

Some don't look too bad, others look like crap...particularly knowschad.

One can only wonder why.

[+jellis]

Found something else that got pixelated. My BadgesGen Badges are looking sad.

[+jellis]

WooHoo I can see clearly now. Thank you hamsters.

Okay maybe it's my glasses. some are more clear then others.

Edited November 10, 2011 by jellis

[+The Blorenges]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

 

MrsB

[+larryc43230]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

 

MrsB

Yeah, I was contemplating tweaking mine, too, but I know perfectly well that as soon as I do, Groundspeak will go playing around with it again and tweak my tweaked avatar again. I think I'll wait till the dust settles.

 

--Larry

[knowschad]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

MrsB

You're a peach, MrsB. Maybe that's why you're fuzzy?

[+Viajero Perdido]

Don't mess with your avatars, folks. Groundspeak rotationally fastened up, and they can fix it easily.

 

Currently they're ignoring the larger avatar they have on file, and using the smaller one by mistake, asking the browser to make it bigger again. There's no way you can fix that, short of complaining and waiting. Which is why I complain and wait.

[+The Blorenges]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

MrsB

You're a peach, MrsB. Maybe that's why you're fuzzy?

 

Thank you kindly... sir (?)

 

*squints at post*

 

Do I know you?

 

MrsB

[knowschad]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

MrsB

You're a peach, MrsB. Maybe that's why you're fuzzy?

 

Thank you kindly... sir (?)

 

*squints at post*

 

Do I know you?

 

MrsB

 

I'm a dog, which is why I'm fuzzy.

[Pup Patrol]

 

Oh, wait, that doesn't say "Pixie".

 

Never mind.

[+power69]

Some of them have the top and bottom chopped off.

knowschads looks like carp

[knowschad]

knowschads looks like carp

Huh? Whatever are you talking about? Looks just fine to me!

[GOF and Bacall]

knowschads looks like carp

Huh? Whatever are you talking about? Looks just fine to me!

 

Clean your glasses.

[knowschad]

knowschads looks like carp

Huh? Whatever are you talking about? Looks just fine to me!

 

Clean your glasses.

 

I'm not wearing my glasses. I can see fine without them. Really, I can.

Edited November 11, 2011 by knowschad

[+niraD]

knowschads looks like carp

I'm no fisherman, but I don't think it looks much like a carp at all. It looks more like a dog of some kind. Although it's hard to say with the way avatars are so pixelated now...

[knowschad]

knowschads looks like carp

Huh? Whatever are you talking about? Looks just fine to me!

 

Clean your glasses.

 

This is a carp:

[Pup Patrol]

I'm not wearing my glasses. I can see fine without them. Really, I can.

 

thud

[+Bear and Ragged]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

MrsB

You're a peach, MrsB. Maybe that's why you're fuzzy?

 

Thank you kindly... sir (?)

 

*squints at post*

 

Do I know you?

 

MrsB

 

I'm a dog, which is why I'm fuzzy.

 

Can you add some red, then you would look 'warm and fuzzy'

[knowschad]

Our orange is still a bit fuzzy. Won't play around with it yet, will wait to see whether Groundspeak do any adjustments.

MrsB

You're a peach, MrsB. Maybe that's why you're fuzzy?

 

Thank you kindly... sir (?)

 

*squints at post*

 

Do I know you?

 

MrsB

 

I'm a dog, which is why I'm fuzzy.

 

Can you add some red, then you would look 'warm and fuzzy'

I'd probably look bloody and fuzzy. Not good.

[knowschad]

Well, the pixellation seems to be fixed.

[+Coldgears]

Well, the pixellation seems to be fixed.

Changing the earth axis was the only way to fix it, however.

[+power69]

Well, the pixellation seems to be fixed.

Well sorta. now about that monitors flipping issue. . .

[+power69]

knowschads looks like carp

Huh? Whatever are you talking about? Looks just fine to me!

 

Clean your glasses.

 

This is a carp:

you and i know what a carp looks like but groundspeaks doesn't

[knowschad]

knowschads looks like carp

Huh? Whatever are you talking about? Looks just fine to me!

 

Clean your glasses.

 

This is a carp:

you and i know what a carp looks like but groundspeaks doesn't

 

I dunno... Groundspeak seems to be running a pretty big scale operation.

[knowschad]

In case anyone is wondering about my upside-down avatar (I knew that you were)... I am protesting the pixellated avatars. I will remain hanging upside down until the problem is fixed. You can't tell by my avatar, but I am also holding my breath.

[+Ambient_Skater]

I hope Groundspeak isn't planning to keep them like that to save bandwidth. I guess it probably adds up with all the people who use the forums everyday, but it's a really poor way of doing it.

[knowschad]

I hope Groundspeak isn't planning to keep them like that to save bandwidth. I guess it probably adds up with all the people who use the forums everyday, but it's a really poor way of doing it.

 

Would you care to join me in my protest by turning your avatar upside-down? Maybe we can start a movement!

[+Lil Devil]

You can't tell by my avatar, but I am also holding my breath.

Maybe you could add a little more blue to your avatar every day. Then we would be able to tell.

[knowschad]

You can't tell by my avatar, but I am also holding my breath.

Maybe you could add a little more blue to your avatar every day. Then we would be able to tell.

 

I can't tell.. is your avatar upside-down now, too?

[AZcachemeister]

In case anyone is wondering about my upside-down avatar (I knew that you were)... I am protesting the pixellated avatars. I will remain hanging upside down until the problem is fixed. You can't tell by my avatar, but I am also holding my breath.

 

I expect you will soon be turning slightly bluish?

...and eventually passing out, falling down and lying sideways?

 

I am contemplating a protest of the improperly sized aspect of the new avatar display protocol.

The one that causes the edges to be cut off.

Although in at least one case this was a good thing, since the cacher lost 30 pounds of ugly fat by having his head cut off!

[knowschad]

In case anyone is wondering about my upside-down avatar (I knew that you were)... I am protesting the pixellated avatars. I will remain hanging upside down until the problem is fixed. You can't tell by my avatar, but I am also holding my breath.

 

I expect you will soon be turning slightly bluish?

...and eventually passing out, falling down and lying sideways?

 

I am contemplating a protest of the improperly sized aspect of the new avatar display protocol.

The one that causes the edges to be cut off.

Although in at least one case this was a good thing, since the cacher lost 30 pounds of ugly fat by having his head cut off!

 

So, are you going to join the movement?

[+Ambient_Skater]

I hope Groundspeak isn't planning to keep them like that to save bandwidth.

Would you care to join me in my protest by turning your avatar upside-down? Maybe we can start a movement!

I might. I kinda like my avatar right side up, but it won't matter if it stays pixelated like this.

[+Manville Possum]

Mine has always been upside down. But I did not start the movement or will I be joining it.

[+Sol seaker]

Mine has always been upside down. But I did not start the movement or will I be joining it.

 

Knowschad, who is also starting another movement, to reduce his forum postings, says,

"Okay thank you"

 

I am his volunteer poster for this hour.

 

Thank you for your kind understanding.

[+Fianccetto]

I would like the pixels to be kept tidy. I met this hedgehog in our garden just now and he agreed to have his photo taken for the cause. He did not agree to hold his breath.

[+Ambient_Skater]

Is it just me or are the avatars getting more pixelated?

[knowschad]

Is it just me or are the avatars getting more pixelated?

I'm not sure about that, but at least one seems to be getting younger.

[knowschad]

Any word on when the avatars will be fixed? I'm about ready to pass out here.

[+Fianccetto]

It doesn't look any better.

[knowschad]

It doesn't look any better.

 

I guess we'll just have to keep hanging in there, then.

 

 

PS: Ever notice how it looks like you're still right-side up and the world is upside down?

[+Fianccetto]

You'll let me know if my spines start falling out, won't you?

 

PS:

 

Ever notice how it looks like you're still right-side up and the world is upside down?

 

no

 

but I haven't spent much time on the forums lately..

Edited November 18, 2011 by Fianccetto