Avatars rather than profile pics.

[TrixieTang]

I'd like to suggest an option to display avatars rather than profile pics in profile comments, visitors and friends, blog posts and comments, and everywhere else they're used instead of avatars.

I really find it kind of ugly using profile pics for those since a lot of sites have members who just use avatars, not profile pics, it often clutters profiles, blog posts, etc. with the "no photo" image and can be confusing since few people tend to use their avatar as their profile pic...

Also I'd like an option to disable use of profile pics a.k.a photos, since members of some forums never seem to use them anyways.

[Amy T]

I do like this idea or an option to choose.

I have come across some skins that have it this way so it is just a skin edit but to have it as default or an option would be nice.

[Morrigan]

I think I much prefer that IF they don't have a profile pic that it shows the avatar. One problem with this though is that some places, like my own site, sets different max-sizes for the profile pic versus the Avatar.