It's important not to have images that look like they're from Microsoft clipart. (IMHO Facebook and LJ do this.) Having a sleek design that is maintained across the "gifts" could make Dreamwidth stand out. (80x80 circles, 50x50 squares, ribbons, 100x10 labels) And then hopefully if they were small and uniform in shape they'd cause less of an outcry wherever they were displayed.
Of course, keeping the images themselves off the profile page (but with the option to turn them on, or link to them or embed them in a layout) might be the best way to avoid outcry from people who hate any changes that make the profile pages less minimalist, while still giving people who receive gifts a way to display them.
I really like both of these points. Uniformity with the vgifts would make them less annoying. Although I did (and do still occasionally) use them on LJ, I was always disappointed at how disorganized they looked displayed.
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It's important not to have images that look like they're from Microsoft clipart. (IMHO Facebook and LJ do this.) Having a sleek design that is maintained across the "gifts" could make Dreamwidth stand out. (80x80 circles, 50x50 squares, ribbons, 100x10 labels) And then hopefully if they were small and uniform in shape they'd cause less of an outcry wherever they were displayed.
Of course, keeping the images themselves off the profile page (but with the option to turn them on, or link to them or embed them in a layout) might be the best way to avoid outcry from people who hate any changes that make the profile pages less minimalist, while still giving people who receive gifts a way to display them.
I really like both of these points. Uniformity with the vgifts would make them less annoying. Although I did (and do still occasionally) use them on LJ, I was always disappointed at how disorganized they looked displayed.