avatar or profile pic..which one to use..

hi..why we using avatar and profile pic ..both..where avatar will be used...does it make sense to use both..

what will happen if i remove avatar..will profile pic take over in those places were avatars are being used..

should i remove avatar or just uncheck the enable avatar option..??

for me using both doesn't make sense..plz advice..

The idea with an Avatar is that a person can upload something to represent them, for example, using a cartoon character.  Many sites uses avatars and members generally like them.  Of course a person can upload a self photo to use as an avatar.  If you want a site where the thumbnails are just photos of the members, then don't use avatars and let the profile photos be the thumbs.  It just depends on what you want and how you are going to be using Dolphin.

There is a bug in Dolphin that I still see in 7.1.4 and have made a note here in the forums but not a ticket as I can not make tickets.  If you increase the size of the thumbs when not using the avatar, the way that Dolphin calculates the offset to create a thumb will result in photos being crop and members will have the top of their heads cut off.  I rewrote the offset code to prevent it on one site where they wanted large thumbs of the members (not using avatars).

I have always felt that the avatar is a better option when you want an image to represent your members. The avatar will not change unless the user changes it. Whereas with the profile pictures, it changes when you add new ones.