Originally Posted by
alanw
Sorry, I have to call BS on that "it will slow down FT for everyone" line of crap. Completely false.
IIRC that was a concern early on. It is not clear what position IB would have on it since the implementation is now in their bailiwick.
I don't think the issue has reached the level of requiring profanity.
Originally Posted by
alanw
Besides, who said anything about FT having to host "all" those avatars? Just enable remote images only and problem solved. No storage, no bandwidth, no technical capacity (whatever that is) increase.
I suspect the UBB software finds it easter to vet avatars at time of upload, rather than every time the image is requested. Just allowing a simple embedded URL would not work on a number of levels.
As the onetime host of the Photo Contest I can assure you that using remote images would require technical capabilities beyond that of many of our members. No doubt there would also be many volunteer helpers, but it is not the slam-dunk you envision.