Actually, the animating smileys are OK. They are too small to distract people. [This message has been edited by Simon Kornblith (edited 04-02-2000).]

Yah i gotta tell u, i hate them too...

Well, I for one would like to see Disco-based animated signatures banned from the forum. They remind me of polyester, which gives me a rash, and I also don�t like dancing, as it s…

I for one agree with Simon Kornblith. Animated SIGNATURES are stupid as they prolong the page loading time when they have absolutely no relation to the topic at all. I happen to us…

hey i heard how much everyone likes animated gifs, so here is a funny one!! [img]members.xoom.com/mikef13/animatedpoke.gif[/img] </a>

i beleive this is what you were going for: and yes, its funny

Guess where I found this:

Maybe I am missing something, but I don�t get the joke on the Xoom one. The smiley-snap one is pretty cool, but the Turtle in a Tutu is priceless! Keep em coming! -Stone

Hey, I'm supposed to be the supreme master of Animated GIFs!

Oh, so you want some animated gifs, eh? Try these babies out! <center><img src=http://users.erols.com/thatsoffensive/Resources/popeye.gif></center> <center&g…

April Fools!!!???

I'm fairly sure I'm not authorized to go into this, but whatever you're thinking isn't what happened.

Quote: Originally posted by markhers: I'm fairly sure I'm not authorized to go into this, but whatever you're thinking isn't what happened. Maybe (and hopefully) yo…

pm*, Don't take this as an overly harsh rebuttal, or even a rebuttal at all, but I am the Systems Admin for ALL of MacNN (servers, forums, the whole deal), and I'm telling you tha…

Some remarks on it: - They didn�t shut appleinsider down but its forum. - It occurred March 31. Not April 1. So no joke intended, IMHO. - If Apple was founded on an April 1, so am…

Well, pm, we all take our NDAs quite seriously around here, so until the big Kahuna drops the knowledge on you, you will have to understand that we are working to get them back up.…

markhers, I�m not doubting you (and your co-workers) to do good and hard work. But with these rumors around, I would advise to give a reasonable explanation. Because if not, there…

If you don't see AppleInsider boards up in a few hours, come back or just email me. I will give you the status.

On cue, the big Kahuna drops knowledge on the masses.

it's now working for those who care m.

Everything (99% anyway) of all posts are now restored. See! No Apple intervention! You just had to trust me on things like that.

I guess some people just need a sense of humor (or be less naive) ;^)

markhers & mkbhatia, all right, everything�s ok. You�ve done a good job. I was wrong I must admit, but information politics were bad too. At least one has to ring the big alarm…

I have not seen any of this (been very busy the past couple of days) but let me tell you somthing: sites and portions of sites go down all the time. Could be a problem, could be m…

Two things: One, I'm all about consoling those who are feeling paranoid about some of the recent shutdowns, but come on people, Apple wasn't completely wrong. It is their brand, t…