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That's exactly the problem I am describing. They are making their own portraits, but they aren't sticking to their usernames, at least for me. A visual icon would help. It could be small, 25x25 as someone suggested.
25x25 is pretty big. I think it would be clever to make it 15x15 or 10x10...
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25x25 is pretty big. I think it would be clever to make it 15x15 or 10x10...
How about just 1x1? Using the standard RGB color space there are 16,777,216. I doubt HN will have that many users so everyone gets their own color :-)
I think it's better if people make their own portraits with their ideas.
That's exactly the problem I am describing. They are making their own portraits, but they aren't sticking to their usernames, at least for me. A visual icon would help. It could be small, 25x25 as someone suggested.
yeah no pictures...Im real ugly I have been told
"Honey you got reaaaaaal ugly."
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That's exactly the problem I am describing. They are making their own portraits, but they aren't sticking to their usernames, at least for me. A visual icon would help. It could be small, 25x25 as someone suggested.
Maybe you could write a Greasemonkey script? You could have randomly generated avatars like Miis. Then you could also assign an image for specific posters that you feel are better indicative of their personalities.
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How about just 1x1? Using the standard RGB color space there are 16,777,216. I doubt HN will have that many users so everyone gets their own color :-)
Your design is not future-proof.
"Look at that 3 pixel noob..."
You could use the user's top bar preferences!
Seriously, if I included a pic, it would be of someone else. It's better for everyone like that, trust me.
I think it's better if people make their own portraits with their ideas.
That's exactly the problem I am describing. They are making their own portraits, but they aren't sticking to their usernames, at least for me. A visual icon would help. It could be small, 25x25 as someone suggested.
I think it's better if people make their own portraits with their ideas.
Then why have usernames (displayed) at all? Why is a picture so different than a username in terms of degrading the painting of a "portrait" of ideas? You could drop them altogether or replace them with a random string (generated each page view).