OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/18197/Gravatar_Support_on_OSNews Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:58:18 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252703 http://osnews.com/thread?252703 Thank you for building in an opt-out to this system. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Almafeta) Comments RE: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252704 http://osnews.com/thread?252704 Thank you for building in an opt-out to this system.

You can't turn the gravatar thing off in v3. You can only turn avatars off in v4 - and the v4 avatars have nothing to do with gravatar (yet - OSN v4 might make use of the gravatar system, or it might not).Edited 2007-07-03 20:56 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252709 http://osnews.com/thread?252709 Yes, there will be a turn off ability on v4 (which will be released sometime soon). Also, I was testing Gravatar on osnews for 2 months now (in the admin version) and on average, there are only about 1 gravatar icons per 100 comments. I don't expect it to be a big deal although it can be a bit of distraction if not more users don't get an icon. Hopefully, v4 is coming soon.Edited 2007-07-03 21:02 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments Never knew. http://osnews.com/thread?252713 http://osnews.com/thread?252713 I never knew about this gravatar system. Pretty cool looking. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (systyrant) Comments Testing 1-2-3 http://osnews.com/thread?252714 http://osnews.com/thread?252714 Let's see if mine shows up... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments RE[2]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252715 http://osnews.com/thread?252715 Is this only for new comments, or will previous comments display the grav as well?

EDIT: Grav doesn't show up in nested comments in threaded view on Orange Platinum skinEdited 2007-07-03 21:17 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments RE: Testing 1-2-3 http://osnews.com/thread?252716 http://osnews.com/thread?252716 I see it. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (systyrant) Comments RE[2]: Testing 1-2-3 http://osnews.com/thread?252717 http://osnews.com/thread?252717 Sweet. I've been using gravatar for a while now, it's always a nice touch when sites build in support for it. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments RE[3]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252718 http://osnews.com/thread?252718 I have never seen yours actually. Are you sure you have registered at Gravatar with the current email address? I can see other gravatars with any theme and comment view.Edited 2007-07-03 21:21 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments ... http://osnews.com/thread?252719 http://osnews.com/thread?252719 so you send all emails in your database to gravatar? Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (smashIt) Comments RE: ... http://osnews.com/thread?252721 http://osnews.com/thread?252721 Basically, this is how it works, yes, because the email address is used as an ID. However, many many sites support gravatar for 2 years now and there was never a privacy issue -- which is why we decided to go with it. IF there is a documented case against Gravatar though, we will of course retract support for it.

Their privacy statememt is pretty clear: http://site.gravatar.com/privacyEdited 2007-07-03 21:26 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[2]: ... http://osnews.com/thread?252724 http://osnews.com/thread?252724 wouldn't it be better to compare md5-hashes instead of the actual email-adrress? Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (smashIt) Comments RE[3]: ... http://osnews.com/thread?252725 http://osnews.com/thread?252725 It is not the email address that's transmitted each time in plain text, it is an encrypted hash based on the email address. Check their API and site for more explanation.Edited 2007-07-03 21:27 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[4]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252727 http://osnews.com/thread?252727 Yes, look at my other comments on this thread and you'll see my grav if it's a thread starter. I'm a long time user of gravatar. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments RE[5]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252728 http://osnews.com/thread?252728 I can see it now, but I have observed that your icon in particular is not always accessible. This might be a problem with one of Gravatar's servers. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[6]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252729 http://osnews.com/thread?252729 Be that as it may, I have yet to see it in a nested comment anywhere on OSNews. Could some sort of caching mechanism on OSNews be interfering if it's not showing up when it should be? Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments Neat http://osnews.com/thread?252730 http://osnews.com/thread?252730 osnews + gravatar = Good Thing (tm)

Thanks guys. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shadowhand) Comments RE[7]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252731 http://osnews.com/thread?252731 Yes, it could be the osnews caching. It seems that when the caching was written down the specific gravatar server that was holding your icon was not responding. Give it 10 minutes or so. I can see your icon now on all views in my admin version that bypasses caching.Edited 2007-07-03 21:40 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252737 http://osnews.com/thread?252737 In FF 2.0.x there is a brief flicker while a placeholder image is loaded if the user doesn't have a gravatar, i.e. the 'default' image is briefly displayed on the left hand side of the comment, then disappears. Do a hard refresh (Ctrl-F5) on this thread and you'll see it on Almafeta's first comment. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments V4 http://osnews.com/thread?252738 http://osnews.com/thread?252738 Version 4 Osnews looking good.Easier on the eyes.Gravatars are cool too. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (islander) Comments Oh no! http://osnews.com/thread?252739 http://osnews.com/thread?252739 These fancy pictures suck big time! There's nothing like being distracted from actual content (the comments). Or are we running a photo fair here? Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Buck) Comments RE[2]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252741 http://osnews.com/thread?252741 There is nothing to be done to fix this "flicker". This is the 1x1 pix placeholder if the user has no icon.

Also, your icon is down again, there is definitely a problem with your specific icon or server that holds your icon. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[3]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252744 http://osnews.com/thread?252744 On top of that, here on Konqi, the "broken image" logo is displayed on all comments where the avatar don't work.

And when you look at a permalink, it always shows the broken image icon.Edited 2007-07-03 21:58 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments Gravatar issue? http://osnews.com/thread?252747 http://osnews.com/thread?252747 If there is no avatar available, I believe that the Gravatar server should return a 1x1 empty GIF.. that's like 27 bytes. Probably cheaper than having the server issue a 404 and the browser doing javascript (onerror) or whatever to fix it.. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ben Jao Ming) Comments RE: Gravatar issue? http://osnews.com/thread?252750 http://osnews.com/thread?252750 The server does not return a 404, there is an API to return a custom image, and this is what we do. We return a 1x1 image.

I will look at the permalink.php problem, but Konqueror showing a broken image elsewhere looks like a Konqueror bug.

EDIT: I found what the problem is, but we will have to wait for Adam to come back from vacations to fix it. Regarding Konqueror always showing a broken image instead of a 1x1 gif image, that's a bug in Konqueror.Edited 2007-07-03 22:32 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE: Oh no! http://osnews.com/thread?252753 http://osnews.com/thread?252753 I personally like it. Like with OS' , choice is good. You can always block gravatar pictures using a hosts file or any ad block application if you don't like them. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Governa) Comments Testing, testing... http://osnews.com/thread?252760 http://osnews.com/thread?252760 Let's see if mine shows up...

Edit: doesn't seem to. Then again, I just opened an account, so it might take a while before the database is refreshed.Edited 2007-07-03 22:52 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (archiesteel) Comments RE: Testing, testing... http://osnews.com/thread?252762 http://osnews.com/thread?252762 I can't see yours yet. It takes a bit for their DB to be refreshed, and then you will have to wait 10 more minutes for the osnews caching to be refreshed too. Also, make sure that you registered with them with the same email address as you did for osnews.Edited 2007-07-03 22:55 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE: Oh no! http://osnews.com/thread?252763 http://osnews.com/thread?252763
These fancy pictures suck big time! There's nothing like being distracted from actual content (the comments). Or are we running a photo fair here?

...you probably missed the point, it's about easily seeing/recognize WHO write that "content"... but I'm in favor of the turn-off option... as it's already stated that it will be available, well... may Greek and Troy be in peace now?

(semi)off-topic: As we're talking about bugs here... the quote tag [ q ] and [ /q ] doesn't show-up properly in the preview... it's a long standing bug (since quote tag was introduced) Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JrezIN) Comments From a design/interface aspect http://osnews.com/thread?252764 http://osnews.com/thread?252764 I know v3 is on its way out but...

The avatar shouldn't be in the body of the post but rather next to the name in the header. I realize this means more screen real estate being taken for the post headers but making it its own little box with styled beveled edge like the rest of the header bits would make more sense.

OK, bitchfest over. Great idea guys! Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DittoBox) Comments RE[2]: Oh no! http://osnews.com/thread?252766 http://osnews.com/thread?252766 > the quote tag [ q ] and [ /q ] doesn't show-up properly in the preview

Yes, these were added by Adam long after I had written the preview code. I don't think they will ever be added there to be honest... just wait for v4. ;) Edited 2007-07-03 23:02 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE: From a design/interface aspect http://osnews.com/thread?252767 http://osnews.com/thread?252767 >The avatar shouldn't be in the body of the post but rather next to the name in the header.

Unfortunately this is not a good idea for comments that are replying to comments with long topics. It just doesn't fit I am afraid, not in this design anyway... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments Picons http://osnews.com/thread?252769 http://osnews.com/thread?252769 Any thoughts on supporting Picons in addition to Gravatars? They're similar in concept but you don't have to worry about the responsiveness of a centralized server. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Feneric) Comments RE: Picons http://osnews.com/thread?252772 http://osnews.com/thread?252772 Not very popular I am afraid. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252773 http://osnews.com/thread?252773 To be honest I find it both annoying and distracting. Taking away focus from the important stuff, the actual text of the comment.

Moving it out of the comment box would help immensely. Making it easier for the brain to filter it out, and concentrate on the interesting bits. I guess there are some usability theories about such things.

I think above the comment box, on the right side could be a better place. It's just a empty space now, so the spot is avaliable. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morty) Comments RE: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252774 http://osnews.com/thread?252774 Unfortunately, as I explained above, there are MANY cases where the topic is too long and that would not fit the icon on th the table cells above. When Adam was writing v3 made clear that nothing else fits there -- at least not all the time.

You can turn off icons when V4 is getting released soon. Besides, as I also explained, most users won't have a gravatar, sans this very story. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[2]: Gravatar issue? http://osnews.com/thread?252775 http://osnews.com/thread?252775 Ok, fixed both permalink.php and reply.php.

If Konqueror still has problems, then it's a bug on their side. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252776 http://osnews.com/thread?252776 IMHO avatars are junk! Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Luminair) Comments RE: Testing, testing... http://osnews.com/thread?252780 http://osnews.com/thread?252780 It works now in my uncashed admin view. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments Mixed blessing? http://osnews.com/thread?252781 http://osnews.com/thread?252781 I just got one of these things. Database and cache probably haven't refreshed yet, but maybe I'll get lucky and see my Gravatar when I post this.

I see why this could bother some people and how it could be distracting, but I like it. It makes it way easier for me to tell who's posting what, at least if they have a(n) (Gr)avatar. Hell, I tend to ignore the commenters usernames unless I'm giving out mod points or posting a reply. For me, the little pictures are way easier and quicker to recognize. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shykid) Comments RE[2]: Picons http://osnews.com/thread?252782 http://osnews.com/thread?252782
Not very popular I am afraid.


Of course they aren't, but neither are Gravatars (or any of the alternatives like .Mac icons, either). Overall, only a tiny minority of Internet users have any of them.

However, the decentralized serving method used by Picons gives them potentially significantly faster performance than either Gravatars or .Mac icons, and it's trivial to support additional flavors of personal icon once the initial one has been added. Some forums out there already support Picons and .Mac icons in addition to (or instead of) Gravatars.

Picons see pretty wide support in e-mail utilities ranging from the ubiquitous SquirrelMail to the expansive Emacs. I suspect that considering OS News' target audience there'll be just as many here already using Picons in some capacity as there are using Gravatars. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Feneric) Comments RE[2]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252785 http://osnews.com/thread?252785 there are MANY cases where the topic is too long and that would not fit the icon on th the table cells above

The MANY cases I really doubt, very long topics are rathere rare. If you look at the stories in todays frontpage there are far fewer(if any) long topics than the number of gravatars. And it's a simple problem to solve, by placing a length limitation on the subject field.

The only other case making trouble would be in Expanded Threaded view, with many successive replies. And simply placing the gravatar on top of the subject text her would not be a problem. It's treaded afterall, you don't read the subject line again and again.


You can turn off icons when V4 is getting released soon

Good.


most users won't have a gravatar

That actually makes it worse, having the text start at different positions makes it harder to ignore/filter out. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morty) Comments RE[2]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252787 http://osnews.com/thread?252787 What about putting them on the right side? That just seems more intuitive to me because you start reading from the left. It puts the focus on the comment text, not the avatar. For me, having it on the left is like "Bam, avatar!".

If someone doesn't like them, it seems to me they wouldn't be as noticable on the right. Or people that don't like them would grow to like them if they didn't find them as distracting. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shykid) Comments RE[3]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252790 http://osnews.com/thread?252790 I second this. On a 1024x768 screen with maximized browser (average these days?) there's still some space to the right of the current layout. Put it on the right at the top? Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DigitalAxis) Comments RE[4]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252791 http://osnews.com/thread?252791 We will see what Adam says about this when he comes back from vacations. If he believes that it won't cause any problems, we can put it on the right-upper cells. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[2]: Testing, testing... http://osnews.com/thread?252793 http://osnews.com/thread?252793 Yay! I see it now. This is cool!

Now, the question is: why don't the OSNews editors have avatars? ;-) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (archiesteel) Comments RE[3]: Testing, testing... http://osnews.com/thread?252794 http://osnews.com/thread?252794 I do.

Thom doesn't like them. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[3]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252795 http://osnews.com/thread?252795 Count me in for right-aligned icons as well. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (archiesteel) Comments Just testing http://osnews.com/thread?252805 http://osnews.com/thread?252805 Wanted to check it out.

I wonder why i didn't see it? :-(Edited 2007-07-04 01:54 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments RE: Just testing http://osnews.com/thread?252809 http://osnews.com/thread?252809 I can see yours.

I'm all for this option. It helps put a face to the other users here. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (IanSVT) Comments RE[2]: Just testing http://osnews.com/thread?252814 http://osnews.com/thread?252814 Personally, I'm happy to see so many Futurama fans...don't forget, new episodes next year! :-) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (archiesteel) Comments RE[2]: Just testing http://osnews.com/thread?252818 http://osnews.com/thread?252818 Ahhhh, adblocker was on. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments I for one welcome our new Avatars ... http://osnews.com/thread?252819 http://osnews.com/thread?252819 However they are a bit distracting.

Perhaps they could go something like this:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~mjvermeulen/Images/suggestion.bmp Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HappyGod) Comments RE: I for one welcome our new Avatars ... http://osnews.com/thread?252820 http://osnews.com/thread?252820 It has been already discussed. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments Fun http://osnews.com/thread?252836 http://osnews.com/thread?252836 It makes discussions a little less impersonal.

Just a littleEdited 2007-07-04 04:20 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (openwookie) Comments v5? http://osnews.com/thread?252850 http://osnews.com/thread?252850 So when will you redo the site to use divs instead of tables? ;)

Also thank you for the opt-out on gravatar. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (postmodern) Comments RE: v5? http://osnews.com/thread?252851 http://osnews.com/thread?252851 "So when will you redo the site to use divs instead of tables? ;) "

I'll answer this one for you as I'm sure the OSNews staff is sick of answering it: As soon as divs display consistently across a wide variety of browsers.

Repeat after me: There is nothing wrong with using tables to display tabular data. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments RE[3]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252852 http://osnews.com/thread?252852 The flicker I'm seeing is much larger than 1x1...if I had to guess I'd say more like 20x20, but it's very brief so hard to tell (less than a second). The displayed image is the standard broken image. Not a huge deal, but I'm a perfectionist.

It'd also be nice if gravas anchored back to the user's profile page Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayson.knight) Comments test http://osnews.com/thread?252856 http://osnews.com/thread?252856 test Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (netpython) Comments hmm http://osnews.com/thread?252857 http://osnews.com/thread?252857 mostly just testing Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (scoopr) Comments Potentially nice http://osnews.com/thread?252864 http://osnews.com/thread?252864 As long as it fits in without getting in the way of reading. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (XIII) Comments Please support MicroID http://osnews.com/thread?252866 http://osnews.com/thread?252866 I don't really see the usefulness in only providing gravatars to root posts, I'd like to see them in all posts, thanks. Not to mention, I can't see much use in them anyhow ;)

Now a request, please add http://microid.org/ to http://www.osnews.com/user.php?uid=**** pages so external sites like claimid.com can verify accounts.
It's really quick & simple to add. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Beta) Comments nice... http://osnews.com/thread?252877 http://osnews.com/thread?252877 I've seen gravatar working on many sites... cool that osnews is now one of them...

:-) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pistooli) Comments test! http://osnews.com/thread?252884 http://osnews.com/thread?252884 just for testing... Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Masci) Comments spiffy http://osnews.com/thread?252937 http://osnews.com/thread?252937 this is pretty spiffy. I wish more sites used it. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_df_) Comments Very Cool... http://osnews.com/thread?252939 http://osnews.com/thread?252939 Adds a bit of much needed personality and personalization to the site...

While we can all recognize certain names, I'm afraid most of the time I can only recognize the names of those who I tend to disagree with. I am TERRIBLE with names, especially usernames...

This not only makes it easier to remember who is who (unless of course they change avatars), it also allows us to glimpse a bit of each other's personality - mine for example, reveals just how big a nerd I am... Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ThawkTH) Comments test http://osnews.com/thread?252946 http://osnews.com/thread?252946 test Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (openwookie) Comments RE[2]: Opt-out http://osnews.com/thread?252950 http://osnews.com/thread?252950 Is there any reason for not supporting opt-out? After all, it's probably easier to do than implementing the Gravatar system.

Not that I hate icons, though. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Wrawrat) Comments Please, put it into header! http://osnews.com/thread?252951 http://osnews.com/thread?252951 Like somebody said above - make gravatar part of the comment header. In start of text it just breaks text and comments flow.

Little mockup - current and proposed placement:
http://www.stv.ee/~donq/osnews/gravatar.htm

Instead of 1x1 blank gif you could then display some other placeholder to match avatar size. Currently even 1x1 is too much - it makes first comment line indented (at least in Opera), what looks ugly.

Otherwise good idea ;) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DonQ) Comments Could be fun http://osnews.com/thread?252953 http://osnews.com/thread?252953 I guess this could be fun Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (yanik) Comments RE: Please, put it into header! http://osnews.com/thread?252956 http://osnews.com/thread?252956 As I said before, this is discussed, but we have to wait for Adam to decide if there is indeed space or not. I don't know all of Adam's code, so I can't do this change myself. Adam comes back in a week I think. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments gravatar http://osnews.com/thread?252958 http://osnews.com/thread?252958 hmmm i changed my email to my gravatar email and it isnt showing? maybe itll take a while for the db to update?Edited 2007-07-04 16:43 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (viator) Comments gravatar http://osnews.com/thread?252960 http://osnews.com/thread?252960 hmmmmmm Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (viator) Comments RE[5]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?252961 http://osnews.com/thread?252961 I see there's already a stylish style for this http://userstyles.org/styles/2789 ;) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Beta) Comments RE: gravatar http://osnews.com/thread?252962 http://osnews.com/thread?252962 Either their DB hasn't refreshed yet (it takes 20 mins or so), or your icon is as unlucky living on the same server as Jayson Knight's and it's up and down all the time. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE: Please, put it into header! http://osnews.com/thread?252964 http://osnews.com/thread?252964 I just had another look at the code, I don't think we can put it in the header. You see, there is already a cell called "Score: X" or "OSN Staff" and this cell must be quite large -- larger than the icon needs to be which automatically adopts the width of the largest cell in the table. Because the headers are usually long, this will push the design 10% of the time to create a third line of text, and this will make the design really ugly.

Sorry, but looking at the code, it is not possible to put the icon on the headers. Just wait for version 4 of osnews where the design is different.Edited 2007-07-04 16:58 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments RE[6]: Annoying and distracting http://osnews.com/thread?253010 http://osnews.com/thread?253010
I see there's already a stylish style for this http://userstyles.org/styles/2789 ;)


Many thanks, my Opera is happy now ;) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DonQ) Comments Good http://osnews.com/thread?253014 http://osnews.com/thread?253014 Good !! Let's test it. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shiva) Comments A new test http://osnews.com/thread?253017 http://osnews.com/thread?253017 new test Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shiva) Comments RE: A new test http://osnews.com/thread?253019 http://osnews.com/thread?253019 Please wait for the caches to be refreshed. It is already been discussed twice in this discussion. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments cool http://osnews.com/thread?253025 http://osnews.com/thread?253025 i like this feature a lot. With a little bit more of choice and settings on the gravatar side, it could be a very cool app Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kantian) Comments tesing http://osnews.com/thread?253617 http://osnews.com/thread?253617 It didn't seem to work when I tried it earlier/ Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mikesum32) Comments testing it http://osnews.com/thread?254984 http://osnews.com/thread?254984 did it work ?

seems not, so i guess i may have registered with osnews.com using another email address,

anyway of finding out what email addy i used to register here with ? i dont see it in preferences, only the one email addy i use now

cheers
anywebEdited 2007-07-12 21:13 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anyweb) Comments