Bigger Avatars

[Rufus]

Requested several times in the past. 100x100 is the standard size for an avatar, can we get an increase?

[Crono]

There's no reason not to...

[maximus_asinus]

DO IT

NOW

please?

[CABAL49]

I want my avatar to be this big

Which is 120x120

[Luda]

Please

[coreys]

The maximum on the N-Pulse vBulletin is 200x200 and it works out pretty well.

[Soala]

Plz.

[cbk1994]

I don't really see any reason why they need to be increased in size. It's especially annoying for people using the new layout since it pushes the entire post down.

*waits for negative rep*

However, a small increase, say to 100x100, would probably be fine.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

I don't really see any reason why they need to be increased in size. It's especially annoying for people using the new layout since it pushes the entire post down.

*waits for negative rep*

However, a small increase, say to 100x100, would probably be fine.

72x72 is extremely small even for avatars. Door had to crop her avatar and it wasn't invasive at all(I made it for 75x75, and not realizing I had the wrong size). 100x100 is nice and even, and decent size I think. Sure, there are lots of people still using smaller resolutions, but even someone with an 800x600 resolution would doubtfully be largely effected.

[FaLLChiLD]

/signed

[Luda]

It can easily be changed though? Like a click or two of the mouse.

[Umat]

yeah, it's just a change of a setting in the admincp.

[Imperialistic]

Originally Posted by Luda

It can easily be changed though? Like a click or two of the mouse.

Originally Posted by Umat

yeah, it's just a change of a setting in the admincp.

I highly doubt the reason they aren't upgrading the size is because it takes too much effort.

I really DO think they know how to make it bigger in the AdminCP.

[Loriel]

I would be all against this request, but since apparently Darlene does not approve, I am going to have to support it!!

[CABAL49]

Look at all that empty space created by signatures. It should be filled.

[Sam]

Stefan have definitely read this thread. So if he hold that bigger avatars are okay, he will change it.
It's not a big deal to increase it to 100x100 px but we will see if something happens.

[Crono]

Would make the Graalians happy.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by cabal49

look at all that empty space created by signatures. It should be filled.

Also consider that not everybody uses that layout:

Originally Posted by cbk1994

It's especially annoying for people using the new layout since it pushes the entire post down.

[Rufus]

The thing is, just because I'm requesting that the size is increased to the general 100x100 dimensions that most forums use, this does not mean that every single person on the forum is going to use up the whole 100x100 space. All this does is give us more freedom in what we can have as our avatar, because 70x70 can limit you a lot and simply resizing images looks crappy a lot of the time.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Rufus

The thing is, just because I'm requesting that the size is increased to the general 100x100 dimensions that most forums use, this does not mean that every single person on the forum is going to use up the whole 100x100 space.

Of course they are, as soon as they get around to getting a new avatar. People do not come up with a concept for an avatar that takes a specific amount of space, they scale it down in any case and with your proposed change they will just scale it down less.

All this does is give us more freedom in what we can have as our avatar, because 70x70 can limit you a lot and simply resizing images looks crappy a lot of the time.

100x100 limits you about as much and you are probably still going to need to resize images.

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by Loriel

Of course they are, as soon as they get around to getting a new avatar. People do not come up with a concept for an avatar that takes a specific amount of space, they scale it down in any case and with your proposed change they will just scale it down less.

On every other forum I visit the members don't all have maxed-out avatars, why would these?

Originally Posted by Loriel

100x100 limits you about as much and you are probably still going to need to resize images.

Not quite.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Rufus

On every other forum I visit the members don't all have maxed-out avatars, why would these?

On every other forum I visit, they do.

Not quite.

But it is quite misleading to claim that changing the size limit by a couple thousand pixels will allow people to throw off the shackles of resizing images.

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by Loriel

On every other forum I visit, they do.

I guess we visit different styles of communities then! Just checked SA though, and everything seems bigger on there in general

Originally Posted by Loriel

But it is quite misleading to claim that changing the size limit by a couple thousand pixels will allow people to throw off the shackles of resizing images.

You're right, I should have said "simply resizing 100x100 avatars looks crappy a lot of the time." I figured this would have been the counter argument/suggestion. The increase would reduce limitations though.

[jorollychu]

i'd usually support this but there's way too many creepers with furry avatars and lame anime and i dont want to look at that

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by Loriel

I would be all against this request, but since apparently Darlene does not approve, I am going to have to support it!!

My stance on it is, I see nothing wrong with the way it is. Every avatar I have seen looks just fine and is plenty large enough to see, and make out what it is.
It does not matter to me one way or the other if it is done. Apparently it is something Stefan does not wish to do right now, if at all. I am sure he has seen this thread, or one of the ones like this before.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

My stance on it is, I see nothing wrong with the way it is. Every avatar I have seen looks just fine and is plenty large enough to see, and make out what it is.

That's probably because most of us don't like resizing. So we adapt to the whole thing and choose smaller avatars instead.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Crow

That's probably because most of us don't like resizing.

I do not like resizing either, but if everybody else uses 100x100 avatars, I am going to have to resize my avatar too or it will be the smallest

[Door]

Originally Posted by Loriel

I do not like resizing either, but if everybody else uses 100x100 avatars, I am going to have to resize my avatar too or it will be the smallest

Compensation via avatar

[WhiteDragon]

Originally Posted by Door

Compensation via avatar

Yeah... Door is probably going to be running a 10x10.

[CABAL49]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

My stance on it is, I see nothing wrong with the way it is. Every avatar I have seen looks just fine and is plenty large enough to see, and make out what it is.

What looks better?


Remember my Deadpool avatar? Probably not cause you couldn't tell what it was. Also want animated avatars.

[Luda]

Originally Posted by cabal49

what looks better?


remember my deadpool avatar? Probably not cause you couldn't tell what it was. Also want animated avatars.

!

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by CABAL49

What looks better?

Maybe you should get a non-****ty avatar instead of resizing something.

[Demisis_P2P]

I want to embed a youtube video in my avatar, please get to it.

[coreys]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

I want to embed a youtube video in my avatar, please get to it.

I second this motion.

[CABAL49]

Originally Posted by Loriel

Maybe you should get a non-****ty avatar instead of resizing something.

The might of CABAL will crush you. Since he is what I named my account after, I'd advise you to keep your *****-mouth shut.

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by CABAL49

What looks better?


Remember my Deadpool avatar? Probably not cause you couldn't tell what it was. Also want animated avatars.

The bigger one looks slightly better, but it is also animated, which I hope they dont enable, unless they put limitations on what is permitted.

[Door]

God Darlene you are such a stodgy *****

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

The bigger one looks slightly better, but it is also animated, which I hope they dont enable, unless they put limitations on what is permitted.

Like... I dunno, file size limitations? Poorly made static avatars with high color count and poor compression can be way larger to download than a most animated images, all that is needed is a reasonable file-size limit.

[Dnegel]

I find your avatar funny Dusty, it got 5 colors. :3

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

The bigger one looks slightly better, but it is also animated, which I hope they dont enable, unless they put limitations on what is permitted.

I have to agree on this. A limit is needful. It's already sometimes annoying when you open a thread with lots of big images or a big (and sometimes also bugging gif).
I think a commensurate solution would be size limit 100x100 px and a data size of 40 KB (animated) would be ok.