Hi all,
I really need help with this, as it's annoying me to no end. I've searched the forums and the web without success.
I work on a laptop with a small screen. I like to view my contacts' display pictures alongside their conversation. I DON'T like their display picture taking up half of my screen; stretching my chat window so that I have to hide the picture and resize it or every other window that opens will be that size.
Oversize display pictures can be used well, especially when they are only enlarged to fill the empty vertical space below the standard 96x96 display picture window, but many people abuse this, and the number of people doing so keeps growing.
Yes I can do the following:
1. Tell the person to change their display picture size. Most don't, as it 'works fine for everyone else' over larger screens.
2. Disable viewing ALL display pictures, but I like them when they are 96x96, and doing so means I miss out on everyone who uses display pictures with consideration of the other person.
3. Click the little arrow to hide their display picture (if it is on-screen and not pushed away by the display picture). This is annoying to do over and over.
Why should I do all this? It's their choice to put whatever display picture they want. Fair enough. However on my side I should have full control over what is shown. It goes against every programming principal of control I've ever learnt! The user should always have full control on there side.
By now you've probably guessed what I'm looking for - a plugin/setting that either:
1. Limits the visible section of the display window to 96x96
2. Scales the display picture to 96x96
3. Another solution that preserves a display picture size of 96x96
I seriously hope something is out there. With a bit of luck this is some sort of fad that people eventually get tired of. I'm already tired of it.
Thanks for reading.
