Comments on: Globally Recognized Avatar

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:20:02 +0000

Okay, I’m just commenting to see what my Gravatar looks like on here. Nice looking template on this site.

By: Super Mag | Weblog de Armando Sosa

Super Mag | Weblog de Armando Sosa — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:00:38 +0000

Gravatar
Desde hoy este sitio cuenta con Gravatar, un servicio que permite incluír una imagen de identificación o avatar de los comentantes en cada comentario, como si se tratáse de un foro. Gravatar significa avatar reconocido globalmente…

By: Sosa

Sosa — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:58:25 +0000

This is very cool, i’ve just implemented it in my own site.
It’s Cool to have the same avatar in the blogs and in deviantart and in the forums and Messenger and XP and… wel, you’ve got the idea

Thanks for the link

By: kartooner

kartooner — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:57:35 +0000

Gary: Not to mention it's easy to scan the comments for the site owner and/or any specific person. I've found that with just plain text comments it's difficult to differentiate between the comments themselves and the person who posted the comment.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 02:09:11 +0000

I’d seen this mentioned briefly somewhere a couple of days ago, but this is the first site I’ve seen implement it. I like the idea. Really simple and easy to implement for WP. Adds a little bit of personality. But I’ve been incredibly boring and thrown up my favicon for now :)

By: kartooner

kartooner — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:13:41 +0000

Thanks Tom for clearing that up. I suppose it’s all on the honor system, regardless, considering anyone could use my email address at another Gravatar-enabled site. Although I can’t imagine why they would do such a thing. :)

Also, I appreciate your sentiment about my site. It’s been a work in progress for the past couple of years and keeps evolving.

By: Tom Werner

Tom Werner — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:56:33 +0000

I chose to implement emails as the primary key to gravatars for a very important reason: I can verify that the actual owner of the email is the one uploading his or her gravatar. If the system was based on URL alone, there would be no way to verify that the URL you are signing up for is actually yours, making it possible to spoof gravatars for other people, which of course is intolerable.

It would be nice to have URL key functionality, but unfortunately I cannot implement it for the above mentioned reason. Hope that clears up any confusion or gravatar related disparagement. =)

BTW, I like your site kartooner!

By: kartooner

kartooner — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:58:16 +0000

Richard: From my experience with the service, it took a few hours. Tom Werner has to authorize them and append a rating to the graphic.

Just go with the old customer service adage; Underpromise, overdeliver :)

By: Richard@Home

Richard@Home — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:55:23 +0000

How long does it usually take to get your Avatar okayed?

Multiple emails (or urls) is a great idea! :-)

By: kartooner

kartooner — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:38:08 +0000

Johan: You mean you’re not the guy from Super Troopers? What a let down.

;)