You do forget that there are peeps with 56k modem, plus...I do like to read more than look at pics all day...
And no, don't say you can turn them off in your cp....
64x64 or 80x80 is most boards max....
It the same one I posted but redirected....plus he figured it out when I posted it's....look at his avatar properties....
EDIT:
No, they are the same, except dice resized it through avatar cp....
I'm on 56k also and I don't mind it since it has to load only once beacuse of cache. It won't kill you to wait once a little longer.
And to add that you can turn off sigs and avatars in your control panel.
Your Control Panel > Board Settings:
Do you wish to view members signatures when...