it's very nice - weighs in at 132 kB on my machine. I think they must have debated this amongst themselves before setting the size at 25 kB. there were likely some who wanted to avoid inconveniencing dial-up users (who may comprise a substantial share here), whilst others may have felt that they could safely ignore the limitations imposed by dial-up service, given that we have an option to disable avatars in our browsers. hence the current limit of 25 kB may be a compromise they felt was reasonable. personally I'd like to see it higher, but it's an interesting challenge to see if I can fit 'em into 25 kB.