Bleaugh.

Didnt the old forums and galleries used to be formatted at 800x600? I seem to remember that I only had a horizontal scroll thumb at the galleries and forums when someone specifically uploaded an over 800pixel wide image, and then it only affected that one gallery page or that one forum thread.

Now the default page size has been increased and the images in both the forums and galleries. by default are now REDUCED?

Why at an art site would background color, space for banner adds, text, smileys, etc be expanded, and the presentation of the ART of the site participants be shrunk and have its quality comprimised?

I know by now people must be thinking that im just waiting for every change as an opportunity to slam the coders, but as God is my witness, this is simply calling what quacks and has feathers a duck. Reducing our image sizes and quality - and subseqently the impact of thier first impressions is NOT an improvement of an art site's gallery or forums.

I knew there was a good reason I saved my entire gallery in the old format to my HD the day before the change....