Avatar Size Restrictions
I have a small request concerning the file size of avatars on these forums. Right now it's 5.0kb, why is it this small?! Every time I want to upload a new avatar it's like squeezing an elephant in the back of a car, it just doesn't fit, or barely fits if you happen to have a really big car.
Look, the average file size for a normal 100x100 avatar is around 10.0kb, maybe 15.0kb. Whats the harm in raising the limit to 10 or 15 kb? really, 5.0 is a bit too small. Tiger |
I support this motion, and to a lesser extent, the appropriate size boundries to use animated gif avatars. So everyone hates them, f'eh! :P
But yeah, I don't like the squeeze of images, it does get irritating sometimes. /support |
yes, I know it seems like I'm hopping on the bvandwagon, but it would be nice to see some larger feasable file sizes and maybe allow us to use some animated avatars.
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No, there is no point. Havoc, look at your avatar, it's huge! And you are complaining that it is too small...
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Read the post, I'm not complaining about the physical size, I'm complaining merely about how the file size is to small to do anything with when you have a 100 x 100 avatar.
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My issue with increasing the maximum filesize of avatars is as it has always been - that it contributes to extra bandwidth being consumed server-wise and that it forces people on dial-up connections to wait longer for pages to completely load.
5KB is an awful lot when you really look at it. Using JPEG compression at a reasonable level of quality (75% is the common percentage) can produce 100 x 100 images between 3KB and 5KB. However, I can understand that there are situations where a larger filesize is warranted. Therefore I've increased the limit to 8KB. I think that's a very fair compromise. As for animated avatars and profile pictures, I'm strongly against it - I think it's okay (begrudgingly) for signature images to be animated, but I don't want avatars flying around with flashy colours and do-dads. Alcar... |
Agreed with the lack of animated avatars and such, although I have animated GIFs deactivated anyway.
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I never liked animated avatars. Some are okay, but most are just annoying. But thanks for increasing the milit slightly Alcar, it's greatly appreciated :).
Havoc |
Animation? Ewww. Nasty.
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Cool. Thanx for up-ing the file size Alcar!
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Thanks for keeping animated image files from invading my eyes, Alcar! :)
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There are already animated avs on OWF, such as Hobo's, and (I think) Fuzzleman54321's.
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Mine is barely animated now is it...
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I'd say that the filesize limit pretty much blocks any particularly ostentatious animation. I can deal with something subtle like hobo's.
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I seem to remember a small one that had a guy walking.
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I make many that have people walking and swinging a sword around and stuff like that, but I can see where that would/could/can/will get annoying. Besides, I like the way munch looks in the simple non-animated one I created.
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I'd just use a JPEG resizer and change the amount of KBs to below 8KBs,
as well as maybe the size of the image. |