I can't see it slowing down messenger much, it's only going to load them for the contacts you're speaking to and then cache them. It's the same as loading a .gif avatar on the forums, it doesn't lag your internet browser does it.
This post was edited on 11-23-2007 at 07:44 AM by vaccination.
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