Firstly, most all 100x100 .JPGs should easily compress down (save), even at the best quality, to under 25 KB.

Secondly, 25 KB is quite sufficient for a 100x100 .GIF image - even for highly animated .GIFs.

Take a look at our advertisers page - most all the 100x100 and even the larger 468x60 banners are under 25 KB.

http://www.marihemp.com/advertisers/

Much can be done in 25 KB - key is to be efficient when creating animated .GIFs; use of a decent optimizer, such as Animation Shop in Paint Shop Pro 5+.

The reason for the file size limit is so pages don't take forever to load; encourages folks to be efficient when making their avatars.

Thank you for your comments.

Ron