Fatback
VIP Member
The size doesn't matter but the thumbnails are the best. Sorry, not trying to act like a forum nazi but I like to see any cool desktop pics and maybe google search them for my own machines. However, when I see one that is completely over sized I just want to close this thread and keep reading.
I already found kind of a bad situation where I posted a link to a 50 meg PNG file from the hubble telescope that was 4000 x 3000 pixels, and it actually posted it. I ended up deleting the post because once I posted it I could not even browse the thread. It does in fact kill the performance.
Overall, though, it is just me being anal. Not trying to act like I run the place or be a jerk so sorry if I came off that way.
No your right it makes the forum look nicer and it will be a little quicker when loading. I think everybody should start using the thumbnails or at least a small res like 800x400 or something like that. Just enough for us to see it it doesn't need to be huge.