Just remember that not every ags-er has broadband. Some of us rely on dial-up for our Internet, and large animated GIF's take a long time to load. The same goes for large signature images.
Basically the rules are: No banners over 600x50. The reason the height limit is 50 pixels is due to the fact that anything bigger is too distracting, and can often be longer than the actual post.
I'm not sure about the size limit of animated avatars, but if it weighs in at over 150kb, common sense should apply. It would take about 30 seconds to d/l a 150kb avatar for me. That is bandwidth that could be used elsewhere.
And I think the explicit images rules have been done to death, so I won't repeat it here.
Thank you.
Basically the rules are: No banners over 600x50. The reason the height limit is 50 pixels is due to the fact that anything bigger is too distracting, and can often be longer than the actual post.
I'm not sure about the size limit of animated avatars, but if it weighs in at over 150kb, common sense should apply. It would take about 30 seconds to d/l a 150kb avatar for me. That is bandwidth that could be used elsewhere.
And I think the explicit images rules have been done to death, so I won't repeat it here.
Thank you.