New faces of Aorg ;-)

[Karlos]

@Wayne

Just how much server space do you have? :-D

More than you can fill up with small pictures.

[Karlos]

Say, does that mean we could have an increase in our avatar size / file length?

/ducks...

Ah, I can remember the days when 16000 bytes were allowed. Oh the fun :-)

No.  Avatar size is fine.  Avatar size has nothing to do with hard drive space.  It has to do with how much data is loaded each time the page loads.  At 16k, that means that on EACH forum page, it would be loading 320k worth of avatars alone (duplicate posters and caching notwithstanding).

For our 56k people, that's too much.

Wayne

[blobrana]

Hum,
so its a question about size, not length?

[Karlos]

@Wayne

Fair point, of course. I wasn't entirely serious; you have explained this issue in the past several times. That said, I'm on 56K here at home and never really noticed a problem in the past when the limit was higher.

I suppose it also comes down to the maximum number of posts displayed per page too (which logically determines the maximum number of avatar images)

@blobrana

Ultimately it's file length that is the issue. However, by downsizing the maximum area of the avatars so the average file size should go down as well.

[Doobrey]

Karlos wrote:
@blobrana

Ultimately it's file length that is the issue. However, by downsizing the maximum area of the avatars so the average file size should go down as well.

How obvious does an innuendo have to be before you spot it? :lol:

[Karlos]

[whabang]

Oi! Don't count me out just yet! :-D
I'd be happy to send you the pictures if you're going to host them locally, Wayne. A little cooler to have it on the actual site!

[whabang]

There will be another update next week. I am going to put proper names on the pages then.