Why can't we change our avatar?
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Topic: Avatar maximum filesize (Read 1436 times)
Why can't we change our avatar?
If it becomes a problem, then yes they should probably be limited. You're also assuming that every post on a page will be different people (very rare) and that every will have a big avatar. There are plenty of people out there with no avatar.
I just mean that if everyone used avatars that size (or larger if there's no limit on the forum), just downloading avatars on a 20-post page would be 3 megabytes. If you used the "All" link to view all posts in a thread that would add up to a lot more. Seems sensible to limit the size af avatars to save bandwidth for both members and the server.
151kb is large? 512k or 1mb sure but anything under 256k shouldnt be a big issue for anyone not using dialup
Does the forum have a maximum avatar filesize? Not that I want to upload a large-sized one myself but I've just noticed someone with a 151kb avatar. As a one-off on a page it's not individually huge, and it looks nice but surely if everyone was to have largeish filesize avatars it would be a bit heavy on bandwidth.
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