If we aren't able already, could we please have them in the forseeable future? It's a small addition, but it would be a very warm welcomed one.

why not just find an one and test it out for yourself?

I had a plan for an animated gif avatar in the future...

Wouldn't it cost a lot of bandwidth for an animated avatar since this site hosts said avatar? Although I wouldn't mind if it get implemented though, since I hand made a few animated avatar only to have no place to use it.

It's allowed, but slightly frowned upon.

I don't think so. ioi a while back asked everyone to stop using animated gifs for signatures and what not. Personally, they kind of annoy me to see something continuously flashing or moving.

I remember someone else trying to say you couldn't have animated avatars in your sig but no mod ever confirmed it and it never appears anywhere in the forum rules.  I'll keep my simple little flying guy, it helps me find my posts.   

You're flying guy isn't an issue. Its the ones that go crazy all over the screen or flash that are annoying.

 Well, the avatar I have right now is supposed to be animated.

 I was asking because some times websites have exact specifications that must be met before an avatar can function (dimensions, file size...).

ioi, would it be possible to set rules instead of having an auto resize?

For instance, set a rule that you can't upload an avatar of a size bigger than 100 pixels by 100 pixels (the current resizing scheme). Then set a rule that the avatar can't be bigger than, say, 200k in size?

That way, no one could upload an avatar that was greater than those dimensions and size, and we could salvage animated gifs.