Hi! It doesn't slow the page here, either. It's just that much further I have to scroll down the page to get to the 'meat'.
And that yellow creature with the red shoes and glasses doesn't look much like a chicken, lol.
I appreciate the work, but don't like that at the top of the page
edited to add: I knew it was coming, but I was enjoying the uncluttered look the forum had.
It looks great, really
Did you look into the auto-resize for avatar pics, yet?
Lisa