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[Flying Mullet]

Originally Posted by Rubah Lapah ^

Mullet, if avatars are accessories, then signatures are moreso. We should make them 550x60 so they aren't taking up more vertical height than the posts of most users.

Fine by me, honestly. xD

[Heath]

Originally Posted by Rubah Lapah ^

100x100 isn't that bulky. It's about 20 pixels narrower than your custom title, heath, and about 30 narrower than your location field.

Yes small avatars are bad, and no it's not just how to size them. When everyone used 800x600 resolutions, avatars were .75% of the screen area. With my resolution (smaller than several eoffers), a 60x60 avatar is .27% of the screen area. Changing them to 100x100 would put them at .77% of the screen size on a 1440x900 screen, which will only stand to go down over time.

I don't have much of a problem with it in all honesty. I don't see much of a problem with the current size. If 100x100 avatars were brought in I'd probably use one myself (I have some nice LJ icons I wouldn't mind using), but as it is, I don't mind 60x60 and don't think there's a real need to change them.

[oddler]

One thing about having larger available sizes for avatars is the amount of variability between each member's avatar. If it was changed, some would want to keep their 60x60 or smaller image while others would have them ranging from 60-100x60-100. I'd think it would make the forums look less uniform.

Another thing is this: for the members using the EoFF 2.0 skin, increasing the height limit of avatars would create more empty space between the postbit information and the actual post content. Still a uniformity thing.

If it weren't for those two things, I'd agree with you.

[Heath]

Originally Posted by oddler ^

One thing about having larger available sizes for avatars is the amount of variability between each member's avatar. If it was changed, some would want to keep their 60x60 or smaller image while others would have them ranging from 60-100x60-100. I'd think it would make the forums look less uniform.

People have a variation as it is though. Mine, for instance, isn't close to 60x60 at all. And as rubah pointed out, the postbit wouldn't change because some people have along locations/ranks as it is (such as myself). I imagine people would naturally drift towards 100x100 though in the same way that most people naturally drifted towards 60x60.

[oddler]

Originally Posted by Heath ^

People have a variation as it is though. Mine, for instance, isn't close to 60x60 at all. And as rubah pointed out, the postbit wouldn't change because some people have along locations/ranks as it is (such as myself). I imagine people would naturally drift towards 100x100 though in the same way that most people naturally drifted towards 60x60.

I agree that there is already variation; I also don't have the full 60x60 pixels filled. Increasing the height and width limits would increase the variation, though. As for your other point, the postbit would change for members with postbit locations set to above post.

[theundeadhero]

Ut-oh. Staff aren't supposed to argue in public. They're supposed to generally agree and then scream and yell in the staff forum behind closed doors.

[Flying Mullet]

Well we don't have a staff forum where we can smack each other with whiffle ball bats.

[Heath]

Originally Posted by oddler ^

Originally Posted by Heath ^

People have a variation as it is though. Mine, for instance, isn't close to 60x60 at all. And as rubah pointed out, the postbit wouldn't change because some people have along locations/ranks as it is (such as myself). I imagine people would naturally drift towards 100x100 though in the same way that most people naturally drifted towards 60x60.

I agree that there is already variation; I also don't have the full 60x60 pixels filled. Increasing the height and width limits would increase the variation, though. As for your other point, the postbit would change for members with postbit locations set to above post.

Ah. I must admit that I forgot about that. I'm still using the old style of having the postbit set to the side of the posts. Having said that, I mainly brought that point in there for it to be considered.

Also, it wasn't arguing. It was constructive debate