Smilies

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:40 pm

Can anyone tell me why when I add an animated smiley to a post on a forum, (eg, my old school forum) I don't see the animation, but other members can. All I see is a 'frozen' image of the smiley, so can anyone help?

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:46 pm

can you see them ok on here?

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:53 pm

I see them, but are they animated smilies?, if they are, they are 'frozen' for me!

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:00 pm

Yes they are animated smilies.

The majority of animated smilies are gif images, perhaps your web browser has a problem with gif's

One of the computer experts might know.

do you have a firewall installed, such as zone alarm?

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:16 pm

No firewall as far as I know,

,I'm not very techy!, but I will say, in the past I could see the animation, but for some reason, not now!

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:19 pm

Example, I guess you can see the animation here, but I can't!

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:22 pm

What operating system are you using and what browser?

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:25 pm

Is that a serious question, or are you really trying to baffle me with science?...

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:27 pm

Are you using Internet Explorer 7.0?

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:31 pm

Yup, I think so!

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:33 pm

I thought you might be. Animated gifs are off by default in IE7. Just one more reason to get a different browser.

I would recommend downloading Opera or Mozilla Firefox. However, I imagine you just want to stick with what you have and switch on animated gifs.

Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Multimedia > "play animations in webpages"

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:39 pm

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:40 pm

Spot on mate,.

...I see em now!

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:44 pm

It's worth knowing what operating system you are using and what browser. If you have a problem with web pages then whoever is diagnosing it for you will need to know what you're using. You'll save a bit of time by quoting them when you describe the problem.

Noid · Post by **Noid** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:56 am

But seriously Mozilla Firefox is much better and NOBODY has problems with that browser.

You can download it here;

http://www.firefoxdownload.com/