Avatars are what appear on your passport. It could be a photograph of yourself, or just some picture you like. Spymac does provide you with some avatars to choose from, but you may upload a image of your choice while keeping it to a convenient size. 100x100 pixels was what seemed to be the ideal size, until I uploaded a 500x500 pixel one and it came out fine.

The Web OS resizes, masks and frames images uploaded to Spymac based on the characteristics of each individual image, advanced algorithms and a touch of random behavior. User avatars are all handled in the same fashion, and so, if you uploaded your avatar more than once, you'd probably see a different effect each time.

To change your avatar, click here: Change my avatar. You can see this option in the Tools page right below your avatar, or in the Options page under Optional Profile Information.

If after successfully uploading a new avatar, you do not see it, but rather see the old avatar, right/control-click your avatar and choose to view or open it in a new tab or window. Then manually refresh/reload that window and you should see your new avatar.

Sometimes you upload a new avatar and see it framed in a kaleidoscopic or "echo" manner. It looks weird; a tiny avatar in a large, mostly empty white frame. Dont worry... it's just that the image did not get processed properly. You upload the image again, and it should work just fine.

Please try not to use images that may be inappropriate.

Tip: If you click on an avatar, it flips over to reveal some quick links as can be seen in the image below:



The quick links can take you to all the features currently being used by that particular person. If you'll notice, all the features are linked to his/her member-id.

Profile: Click here to know some more information about the member. IM, website, personal description...it's all there. If you notice, the link to member profiles look like this: http://www.spymac.com/member.php?memberid=XXXXXX, where the 'XXXXXX' at the end is the member-id. Another alternative to viewing member profile is using the member-name. You almost always know member-names than you do member-ids, right? So, what you have to do is modify the link as: http://www.spymac.com/member.php?membername=YYYYYY and replace the 'YYYYYY' at the end with the member-name you want.

Blog: Click here to view his/her blog. If you cant view it this way, try this link: http://www.spymac.com/weblog/?pageid=XXXXXX where XXXXXX is that persons member-id, which you can see if you let your mouse hover over the profile link. The last numbers are the member-id.

Web: Click here to go that persons website on spymac.

Posts: Click here to view all posts made by that member.

Pictures: Click here to view that persons member gallery.

You can also add that member to your mutual friends list by sending him/her an invite, or ignore him/her if he/she is bothersome. You can also send that person a note.