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Custom Avatars?

Post by Knightwing4 »

Hey guys, just wondering why the devs decided to make custom avatars so smalll

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for example is 100x89 pixels, and it's to big cuz it's not 29 pixels off...

anyways my point is why not enlarge it so the maximum is the size of at least the portraits that the website hosts, besides, the image isn't hosted by NS would a small increase to say 120x100 really be a big deal?

EDIT: if you're working on NS to get it up for an easter present, go on your merry way :P
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Post by LadyCheron »

Yes, that is definitely a change from the NS3 board's 130 x 160.

I don't know the reason for the change, but I'm sure its a good one.
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Post by Lokey »

When I was dialin-up, the boards were slow, slow, slow to load because of the pics.

80 x 80 isn't so bad, many forums use 60x60.
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If it's just to be kind to the dial-uppers, how about setting the default setting to "Don't show avatars"? I used it when it was popular to use wallpapers as avatars, that way I didn't have to set my screen resolution to 4000*3000 as soon as someone did it...
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Post by LadyCheron »

It might make sense to also put a restriction on the use of graphics in sigs. There are some extremely large ones out there. Also, the animated sigs and avatars use a lot of bandwidth - be nice if we could turn them off.
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Either by not accepting .gif's or .png's at all, or maybe reading the file for being multi-frame. Don't know enough php to know if it's got a function for that or if you'd have to write your own though
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Post by Nala »

I like my av its cool !! Though i had to resize it a bit..now its little betty boop
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Post by Joran »

The width limit of 80 is to keep avatars from screwing up the thread layouts (pushing them to the side, etc). Since most people have "portrait"-style avatars, I've upped this to 120x80. That should be good.
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Post by lord_modred »

do i have to downsize mine?
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No, the limit doesn't apply to linked graphics. Ssh, don't tell anyone.
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Post by Nala »

i tryed to make betty bigger ..but its not wokring oh well now she can fit into ones pocket...but her name wont be changed to polly :)
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Post by Rhodeo »

Just testing avatar...

first post btw :DDD
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120x80...wonder if I can fit in some of Sr's tatts now :)
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Post by Throst54 »

eh, i'm told to re-size my avatar everyday...


btw, i'm on dial-up

i have no problems w/ the boards being slow.. i only d/l the pages about 5 seconds slower than the DSL @ skewl duz...
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Post by Dragoron »

Well if there isnt a limit on sig sizes Hopefully lord_modred's is the largest that we will see. Some people get so carried away making this HUGE sig that it makes you think they are compensating for something :P
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