Anyone else having this problem?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It seems like some of the animated avatars are locking up my browser for several seconds at a time. Is it just Google Chrome? Is it my Mac Mini? I'll probably just turn avatars off but I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem, because I don't remember it happening until recently.

[Richter]

A lot of them jsut don't animate for me.  No problem on the home comp. with Chrome, but I rarely use Chrome for forums due to how it handles cookies.

[Fujikoma]

Knowing what I do now, Nigel, animated avatars may be a bit of a hazard for you, were I you, I'd just turn them off.

[Cain]

It doesnt seem to be a problem on Firefox, but my connection is, uh, monstrously good, so that may be the reason why.

[Jenne]

Before I got this new laptop a couple of months ago, I'd have to turn off or scroll quickly by the animated avatars and siglines.  It sucked.  It slowed my computer down bigtime.  Now with a newer computer, it's not so bad at all.  I can't remember if the browser slowed down or got locked up recently, which doesn't mean it didn't happen, but if it does, it's not often at all, whereas it happened all the time before.

I have a new Sony Saio, though, not a Mac.

[AFK]

I thought LMNO's was making my browser slow down, but then I realised it was just an illusion because the animation is in slow motion.  

[Freeky]

Nigel, those avatars have just been drinking Powerthirst, and your comp is like "Sloooow dooown" and they're like "Fuck yuo!" and kick your comp in the face with their ENERGY MEGS.

[Cramulus]

yeah - starting today, only the top 30% of LMNO's animated avatar loads for me

(using Opera btw)

[LMNO]

I'm also stealing it from another website, so that might be a reason, too.

I'll change it, if anyone wishes.

[AFK]

Frog Fellatio

[Iason Ouabache]

The gifs really slow down my browser at work, but that's probably because I'm forced to use Internet Explorer 6. 

The work computers don't seem to like ECH's signature either. I have no idea why.

[Suu]

Never had a problem with Chrome. Then again my computer can fucking anything.

[Faust]

I can come up with one possibility:
My mac has trouble resizing gifs dynamically in webpages, if you are viewing the forum zoomed it can cause them to stop.
Otherwise I'm stumped.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

They don't slow my comp down but sometimes the avatars just don't show up.
I use chrome and it mostly happens on my netbook. Sometimes the other one.

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Negatory.

I am a part-time Opera spag, though.