Bigger Avatars?

I'm just wondering if it were possible for us to have bigger AVs? On most of the forums that I attend, they are 125X125. Would it be a hassle to allow that? Maybe we could pay a small fee to have that? Just curious.

I personally like the smaller size - and it of course makes pages faster to load for dial-up connectors. I think it lets people's signature graphics have more impact than boards I have seen with the big icons.

That's just my opinion ...

I also like the small icons. They don't get in the away, like most do on other boards! :)

I think the small icons work well, especially given PT's proclivity for animated ones. Big animated avs can get super distracting.


I also think the avs should remain small because this board gives folks a TON of freedom with the sigs, and I really think that is more than enough to strike a balance.

I too like the smaller avatars, at least I don't think they should be bigger than 80x80.

I think even 80x80 would be nice.

Often times I want to use a photo of all 4 dogs in my avatar and NOT have it animated. However, reducing it to 60x60 you cant even tell what it is!

I don't really like animated avatars, so maybe if there's an option for larger, NON-animated avatars? I know a lot of boards allow 100x100 but they only allow non-animated avatars.

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Originally Posted by Sophist

Big animated avs can get super distracting.

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:o Is mine small enough?

I like my avatar the size it is now.

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Originally Posted by GreyhoundGirl

:o Is mine small enough?

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Yes, it is. :) If it weren't, you wouldn't have been able to put it on as an avatar. ;)

I think they're fine the size they are now.

I personally don't mind whatever size they are. ;)

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Originally Posted by GreyhoundGirl

:o Is mine small enough?

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Yes, and it is funny, too.


Currently, none of the animated avs that I have seen are anything I think crosses the line. I wasn't trying to call anyone here out. I am just saying that when a webpage is crammed with a ton of big, flashy gifs it can be a nightmare to read. It can also be headache-inducing!

I didn't want a big, flashy gif. Was just curious about maybe having a non moving pic a little bigger.

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Originally Posted by xcolbi

I personally don't mind whatever size they are. ;)

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dItto. O.o

I wouldn't like to see them any bigger.

I hate scrolling through a thread and more then half of the page is avatars. While I love to see everybody's pets, it makes it a lot easy to scroll the thread when the pictures are smaller.