Strange but true: only in the last month have I realized that for most people, little pictures appear next to users' names in their posts!

That was on a Linux/Konquerer system. I use Windows/IE everywhere else, and in none of those (IE) browsers do I see the pictures next to users' names.

Not a huge thing (well, a revelation for me!), but thought you'd want to know, maybe see if anyone else has that happen.

Hmm. I'm using IE (occationally), and I get the images (aka Avatars). Anyone else having this problem?

When you say "next to" do you mean underneath?

What I see (and I'll use you as an example since you brought it up) is:

Julie
Fiddler on the Roof
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{Picture of your good self somewhat distorted}
Reged: 01/15/00
Posts: 814
Loc: SoCal

That's using IE both at home and at work. Oh, your name is underlined but I couldn't figure out how to replicate that.

I assume that for me you're referring to the GV on crutches picture (time to change that - haven't used them in a very long time).

So now you've confused both Evan and me. Next contestant...

I thought it was a setting we could change in our preferences somewhere? Todd sees the photos but I don't.

GV, that's exactly it. That pic is distorted because it wasn't square to begin with - if I'd known it was so "visible" I would have fixed it long ago. See, I never knew you were on crutches!

Dawn - aha! (Now I feel reeeely stoopid). Never noticed that before; maybe it was off by default.

Sorry for the fuss, Evan.

Julie, we can expect to see you "Loose weight" now?

{Picture of your good self somewhat distorted}

There's something odd here. On the discussion screens the photo is widened, making Julie look fat. But if that picture is saved to a file and viewed, she looks normal.

making Julie look fat

I thought it made her look big-boned.

well said.

-em

Then for a picture to be undistorted, it must be square (NxN pixels.) True?

True. And it would be appreciated if it was 80 x 80. That way it's taking up a small amount of space.

Remember, your Avatar shows up in EVERY post you make, and it stays in the thread indefinitely. So by using a "heavy" (i.e. large Avatar), you're slowing down this entire forum. An Avatar should be less than 15K.

Oenophore, yours is a whopping 86k!!

I thought it made her look big-boned.

I though it made her look like a well-to-do conservative republican