cursors upload in gallery

[portisheart]

Title
cursors upload in gallery

Short, concise description of the idea
accepting upload of files ext .cur and .ani in gallery, for layout purposes - and evtl .css too

Full description of the ideaall objects necessary for layout modifications can be stored in LJ gallery - images, and to a certain extent, css, in the customize panel (when they're not

Comments

"customizing a cursor is a really nice feature"

[polyfrog]

I don't agree.

Re: "customizing a cursor is a really nice feature"

[portisheart]

huh? what do you mean?
that the idea of a custom cursor is a waste of time, a complete unnecessary feature (which usually makes websites look even worse due to the lack of taste of the site owner)?
or that this kind of modification doesn't bring anything to the community compared to other more important issues?
any tech problems you know about related to this?
it's my first request, i'm not a pro user either, please explain a bit better, it was a bit short ^^

Re: "customizing a cursor is a really nice feature"

[polyfrog]

The idea of a custom cursor isn't too bad; I can even imagine situations where they would be useful. If your page was in a right-to-left language, you might want to replace the arrow with one that leans the other way, for instance. Or replace the help select cursor (the one with the question mark) with one that is meaningful in your language.

I've even seem frivolous uses of the feature that were not too annoying. Sites where everything was pink, and so was the cursor. Cute; although the lack of contrast is a pain.

But the cursor is a functional element. You need it; and you need it to work. And most of the custom cursors I have seen reduce its usability to near zero. Because unfortunately, the feature seems to be very attractive to the same people who think embedded music, sparkly text, glittering noisy backgrounds, and the tag are great. All at once.

So in short: Yes. The idea of a custom cursor is a(n almost) complete waste of time, which usually makes websites look even worse due to the lack of taste of the site owner

Re: "customizing a cursor is a really nice feature"

[girlfight]

This.

I could probably assess the suggestion better if I could comprehend WHY someone would want a custom cursor.

[azurelunatic]

It would possibly reduce the load time of the journal for those who did wish to customize everyone else's cursors when they visit the journal, given that only LJ's servers and LJ's CDN's servers will be involved, rather than also involving a completely offsite server that may not be particularly reliable.

[stardust9121]

People still use customized cursors? I thought those died along with GeoCities.

[ldymusyc]

-1 Please, no. Customized cursors are of the devil.

[portisheart]

whatever the implementation issue may turn out to be, and naturally i hope it will be positive - i'm glad to read at least one friendly answer (save for azurelunatic kinda) that doesn't make me feel like a complete idiotic twit with obnoxious outdated doubious tastes for total kitsch, uhuuh.
thank you for this!

it was a simple request expecting a simple answer, not a personal taste analyse.
i'm totally accepting CONSTRUCTIVE critic and negative opinions, as long as they're not offending but fact based.
nobody forces anybody into using custom cursors - don't like a feature? don't use it..
in the communities i'm member of or visiting, i've never been dissed like this - we know how to discuss things without flaming (even if so subtly done) because we're here enjoying the good sides of communication.

whatever..

[azurelunatic]

The trouble with "don't like it, don't use it" is that a person's personal choices for styling their journal doesn't only affect that single person, it affects everyone who visits their journal, until the visitors use ?style=mine or ?format=light. Thus the people objecting are probably doing so on the grounds that

[portisheart]

a person's personal choices for styling their journal doesn't only affect that single person, it affects everyone who visits their journal
yes, that's my intention too, i mean that's the point of me styling my LJ - visitors. i enjoy it myself very much, but i want to have people looking at it of course.. it's sharing isn't it.

this would just be more convenient hosting
exactly - i already have my cursors stored externally, but i'm not a fan of external servers generally, so here on LJ would be better.

that the Customize Journal area include a setting for changing the cursor
no way, there i think too that the amount of work invested would be in no relation with the usefulness of the feature. it's purely for storage and calling directly per css.

the design camp, which wants to present a journal as a complete work of artdefinitely count me in there