'Advogato Member' Images available

Point taken bagder, but why not be positive, instead of just complaining, how about converting at least the static GIF to a PNG, and stick it up somewhere.?

We are on a journey to create a positive world...

In the spirit of open source, I had to do my own version of the image, (project fork ;). It gives the REAL message geeks want to convey ;)

http://users.indigo.net.au/darke/pics/advogato-anim.gif

Yes. this is done in humour ):)

Have it your way... here are links to PNG and JPG format images of the static graphic:

• PNG version of Advogato Member graphic

• JPG version of Advogato Member graphic

The PNG version has background transparency, but the JPG does not. You will have to edit the JPG background yourself if needed.

Also know this. These GIFs were made by me using Paint Shop Pro, a commercial product. So any alleged license-gouging is paid for so they can be used without violating the extortionists' claims to payment.

Accessibility is important to me and GIFs are still the 'lowest common denominator' for graphics that can be viewed by the oldest browsers.

Personally, I like the animated 'Trust-me, Rate me' talking mouse GIF version... and it is a legal image. You can see it at The Open Source Collaboration Technologies Competency Center at Sohodojo, the Entrepreneurial Free Agent and Dejobbed Small Business R&D Lab.

That's a goodie, darkewolf :-) Is anybody here old enough to remember the 'talking mouse' on The Ed Sullivan Show!?

You mean topo-gigio?

You are correct, sir!

As the winner in our first informal Television Trivia of the 50's Contest, you can pick up your prize -- a PNG or JPG 'Advogato Member' image of your choice -- at the URLS cited above. Sorry, we don't offer GIFs as prizes in this contest.

BTW, Keith, I think you are very clever to include the following:

Note: Organizations scanning advogato for email addresses to spam may want to include uce@ftc.gov and report@fraud.org

on your profile page.

Do you think the spammers are clever enough to filter these out?

There's really no such thing as "the spammers" -- some are reasonably sophisticated and others, well, not only did one of them send me his target address list as the body of the mail, he also sent it from a DSL line, not a throwaway dialup. Good luck waiting another two months for a new DSL, d00d.

We should make PNGs even if we have Unisys-licensed proprietary software. The more PNGs out there, the more users who will require software to support PNG. And the more software that supports PNG, the more sites that can tell Unisys to stick their license where the sun don't shine. BTW, some proprietary software makes really bad PNGs so pngcrush them if they come out much bigger than the equivalent GIFs.

I noticed that the software patent issue got more press coverage around the time of Burn All GIFs Day, too. It might have been a coincidence, but I think we helped.

Now, where's my lighter?

Install and make links to scripts like wpoison from prominent places on your sites.