A wallpaper material or what..

"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" johannbg at hi.is
Mon Apr 7 14:54:17 UTC 2008


Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Frank Murphy wrote:
>> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 11:28 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
>>> Frank Murphy wrote:
>>>> At the moment can't see is a a bg\avatar\icon
>>>>
>>> Well it's not just a plain photo of a horse, but indeed nothing 
>>> spectacular,,
>>> but then again a snowman missing his carrot and stones or these that 
>>> were submitted here
>>> http://www.isity.net/blog/?p=65 aren't that glamorous either...
>>>
>>
>> Personal Opinion Here:
>> It's not about being glamorous or not, it's about filling a twofold 
>> need.
>>
>> 1: It's a statement, "This is fedora"
>
> No. We are talking about avatars, the statement told by an avatar is
> "this is *me*". Avatars represent people and they should fit a number of
> person types.
>
>> 2: Give  users an artistic experience, with provisos.
>>    a) It doesn't distract them
>>    b) They understand it, without the need for a written explanation.
>
> Nope. An avatar is supposed to stand-out, to help you recognize your
> personality from a bung of people (your login in the face browser, your
> account in the user switcher, etc.)
>
+1

JB..
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