Cool new forum - avatar on left?

[Kristoffer Gjevre]

I looked for but could not find an option to switch the avatar to the left instead of the default right side avatar which is unlike all other forums I read - so is there such an option?

Thanks,
Kristoffer

[Christine Grice]

Nope. It is a forum thing, not a user thing. Sorry.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

I looked for but could not find an option to switch the avatar to the left instead of the default right side avatar which is unlike all other forums I read

Yeah that's true, I just thought of that but that's minor compared to the glory of having a 21st century message board. There's also an option to "hide" your status while online so you can "lurk" before posting. By default it's set to on, so you can see who's currently browsing the forums.

[Will Kalman]

I like them over on the right, they're out of the way. I wish we could move Sigs over there, too. I only need to read someone's sig so many times before it's just visual noise. Almost 50% of the message space on the page is sigs/blank.

[Mike Simanyi]

I like them over on the right, they're out of the way. I wish we could move Sigs over there, too. I only need to read someone's sig so many times before it's just visual noise. Almost 50% of the message space on the page is sigs/blank.

Which is exactly why I disabled sigs and avatars in my configuration. Plus that way, Palero's posts don't freak me out. ;)

[Kristoffer Gjevre]

Yes, disabled sigs for sure, I already did that. The sigs interfere with the readability of the posts, the avatars does not, in my opinion.

It is just kind of strange to have the avatar on the right as it is not a natural location for us left to right readers, and a quick glance at the avatar can help identify the person before starting to read the post.

When the avatars are on the left, and they are somewhat relevant to the person, such as the car or headshot or something similar then I feel it really enhances the forum experience... not that my current one is a great example (I grabbed one I use for a different topic forum for now)... and not that I do not like to look at bouncing boobs as avatars... whatever, great job on the new forum guys!!!

-kg