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Please use gravatar as a picture service
http://gravatar.com is a nice service where one can register and correlate pictures with email addresses after verification. The API is very simple. This could provide automagic default icons for soup users.
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Inappropriate?Hi martin,
I actually implemented this today, but then noticed some usability problems.
People don't start using Soup by giving us their email address -- they can use the try.soup.io account (and even upload an avatar) before ever entering it.
Of course we can just check for a Gravatar at the point where they switch to a permanent account, but then it'd be surprising and confusing if an avatar just magically pops up on the page. Ideally we'd want to display a dialog: "Hey, we found a gravatar, do you want to use this, or would you prefer uploading one?".
The bottom line is: We don't have time to implement this elegantly right now, and would rather not launch a half-assed version.
Feel free to remind us again in a few weeks, alright?
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