Avatar sizes

You can't really make GIF's smaller.
Changing the resolution doesn't even do much.
I am sure the reason they have the 40KB cap is for server space.
Just think, 100,000 users x 40kb avatars each.
Even though thats only 4gb they need all the space they can. It helps with server speed too. I don't really like huge/long GIF's.
Short and sweet.

IT's more done for the very few dialup users 'round here than it is for server space. 4 gigs is nothing.

I agree on it being turned up to, say, 80KB. Still dialup friendly, still server friendly, yet not obnoxiously tiny.

I think mine has six frames, but don't hold me to that.

I know of a site that only allows 5kb avatars, so 40K is quite generous.