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Posted: Oct 21st 2008 3:06PM (Unverified) said
Actually, if you have the IE emulator add on, it will work in firefox. Take that MS.
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Posted: Oct 22nd 2008 6:43PM (Unverified) said
Dudes, just right click and "save link as"
FF3+MAC FTW!
lawl
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FF3+MAC FTW!
lawl
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 12:49PM (Unverified) said
I wonder if I'll be able to use my avatar as my Facebook picture.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:05PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Don't see why not, Micro owns some shares over there, don't why they wouldn't discuss it, but then I also don't see the point :S Whats wrong with your regular pic, lol
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Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:02PM Deezul AwT said
I made my RB2 avatar my Facebook avatar. It's as close as RB will let you get, and I have the clothing items I'm "wearing."
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Posted: Nov 15th 2008 7:30PM (Unverified) said
Yes you can. There is an app called xbox 360 live gamercard and you can use it to get your current avatar, and it saves it in a separate avatar folder, so each avatar you make you can save there. You can then easily set it as your profile picture.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 2:09PM (Unverified) said
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/GAMERTAG/avatar-body.png replace gamertag with your own. It works in firefox since thats what i did it in and i already have mine as my myspace pic...nerdy but o well
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Posted: Oct 21st 2008 12:50PM (Unverified) said
Major Nelson too
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/major%20nelson/avatar-body.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/major%20nelson/avatar-body.png
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:15PM arj154 said
Major Nelson's looks nothing like him, It needs more grey hair...
The actual thing is actually interesting and i guess its a way to show off your avatar and probably use it in a lot more places. I think they'll definately link it to live messenger as well. Persanally i dont care that much about them. I'll probably quickly create one and leave it for a while.
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The actual thing is actually interesting and i guess its a way to show off your avatar and probably use it in a lot more places. I think they'll definately link it to live messenger as well. Persanally i dont care that much about them. I'll probably quickly create one and leave it for a while.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 12:58PM rTwelve said
I'm guessing this is how the developer of the 1337pwn iPhone app is getting his avatar images (which has been since last week)
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:04PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:27PM jcroy said
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:27PM jcroy said
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:33PM (Unverified) said
i was going to jump into the stalking fest of MS employees but J Allard doesn't have one =(
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/hiro%20protagonist/avatar-body.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/hiro%20protagonist/avatar-body.png
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:00PM (Unverified) said
Boris Schneider-Johne, Xbox Big Boss Germany, has one, too: http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/kugelblitz/avatar-body.png
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:38PM muzzymate said
Aaron Greenberg
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/bigvip/avatar-body.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/bigvip/avatar-body.png
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:43PM juventuz said
Trixie's avatar is cuter than she is, and it's a cartoon character.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:07PM (Unverified) said
thanks dude. I bet you look like Brad Pitt!! :)
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Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:06PM Deezul AwT said
Not to be a hater, but at least Trixie properly showed her weight. Natalie Sousa is not as "skinny" as her avatar shows her.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:46PM (Unverified) said
Heh, it doesn't work in Google Chrome either.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 1:51PM Extant said
Yeah, it looks like they aren't sending the mime-type to the browser, so it tries to open the file as text. But, if you save the page as a png, you can open it from your computer.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:00PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:02PM (Unverified) said
They ARE sending the mime type, but its wrong. Cause MS can't do anything right or standard it seems:
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Type: text/html
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:05PM Deezul AwT said
Within hours of the NXE update going live; we'll see weblog icons changed, I'm sure. I'll be updating mine. Bye Buzz!
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:51PM (Unverified) said
It doesn't work in Firefox, or Safari? Well I guess I won't be checking them much...
I don't think exclusivity to crappy IE is anyway to help propagate the general fanbase, especially when a good majority of us are tech-savvy and know FF or even Safari are far superior.
I don't think exclusivity to crappy IE is anyway to help propagate the general fanbase, especially when a good majority of us are tech-savvy and know FF or even Safari are far superior.
Posted: Oct 22nd 2008 4:01AM (Unverified) said
Firefox & Safari do not save the png's properly because the server sends the data as HTML. Could be a wrong server setup...
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Posted: Oct 22nd 2008 12:53PM Saucepanman said
Right Click -> Save link as...
or
IE Tab extension for Firefox
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or
IE Tab extension for Firefox
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:56PM (Unverified) said
oh, oh, oh ... that's neat, me like.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 2:57PM (Unverified) said
wait, they made something that DOESN'T work in firefox or safari?!
isn't it usually the other way around?
isn't it usually the other way around?
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 3:07PM OptimumEDGE said
Guys the website isn't even up and you're complaining about it not working properly? Seriously?
This is pretty awesome. It'll be cool to have access to your avatar image for use elsewhere on the web, sweet stuff. The Xbox Team really is thinking of everything.
Also if anyone is really curious, just save the jumbled up text (binary shizzle) as a ".PNG" and the image will show up for your viewing pleasure.
This is pretty awesome. It'll be cool to have access to your avatar image for use elsewhere on the web, sweet stuff. The Xbox Team really is thinking of everything.
Also if anyone is really curious, just save the jumbled up text (binary shizzle) as a ".PNG" and the image will show up for your viewing pleasure.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 3:14PM Edge of Blade said
I'm calling it right here. MS just got a HUGE boost to visibility thanks to these Avatars. They will be on everyone's blog and forum since Microsoft was smart enough to put them on the web. That's something Nintendo doesn't do, as far as I know.
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 3:50PM (Unverified) said
So...dumb question. Judging by the little gamer icon sized pics up there; when NXE comes out, do I lose my gamer icon?
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 7:44PM (Unverified) said
Oh yeah! That's so unique!!
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 9:02PM (Unverified) said
ugh.. no safari or firefox???
I am not downloading IE on my mac..
I am not downloading IE on my mac..
Posted: Oct 21st 2008 9:15PM quickshade said
coding error, most likely they build on IE platform and then debug it on the others also. So they still must be bringing this feature online, and then go back and make it work on other browsers.
Posted: Nov 4th 2008 6:37PM (Unverified) said
the girl reminds me of helena bonham carter
Posted: Oct 22nd 2008 11:23AM spid said
If you have Firefox you should install the IE Tab plugin. It makes IE only sites a breeze to navigate.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2008 2:54PM (Unverified) said
The MIME type issue has been indentified and will be fixed before launch. Calm down.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2008 2:53PM programad said
Check this out, guys. An avatar checker:
http://www.programad.com.br/gera/?idioma=ingles&gera=geraavatar
http://www.programad.com.br/gera/?idioma=ingles&gera=geraavatar
Posted: Oct 30th 2008 4:44AM (Unverified) said
It's working on my version of Firefox- 3.1b....
here's Richard Mitchell! http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/SenseiRAM/avatar-body.png
here's Richard Mitchell! http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/SenseiRAM/avatar-body.png
Posted: Dec 18th 2008 8:26PM (Unverified) said
It works perfectly in Firefox 3.0 for the Mac. Sorry, but there you are. And Safari. So there. Windows? I'm surprised anything works. Ever.
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