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yorkie, there aren't really any maximum width and height dimensions (except that there may still be many monitors whose settings are 800 (wide) x 600 (high). Beyond 800 pixels wide will mean that those with monitor settings of 800 x 600 have to scroll left to right to view the whole width of the graphic.

I know you have been very diligent at abiding by Amy's guidelines for byte sizes, but if everyone would try to get in the habit of also posting the dimensions in their img src commands, it would make reading the thread and comments for any with slower connections so much easier and more pleasant. When you right-click a graphic to save it and/or see how large it is in bytes, there is also another VERY IMPORTANT PART under 'properties' besides the url and the byte size. The width and height are listed as "Dimensions" (I am pretty sure you already know that! Some may not), and the width is always first and the height is second (i.e. Dimensions: 600 x 500 would be width=600 and height=500)

I also want to say that I never knew the importance of including the width and height when FR was still 'young' and there weren't nearly as many people posting graphics as now! But the reason it makes a difference for slow conections is that if one is opening a thread or their comment page for the first time, when there's a graphic posted without the dimensions specified, the space it takes up is that tiny, tiny little square, no matter what the physical size is. Then when it starts to open, it begins to open the full size the graphic IS. So, imagine if there are numerous graphics your browser hasn't cached yet, and none of them has the actual width and height specified, the text will start to drop down every time that tiny tiny little square opens to it's full size. Every graphic, every one of them opening means that everything below it has to adjust for it AFTER they open, whereas if you specify the correct width and height, everyone's browser has that 'space' already built in, and no text gets jumpy and moves around as things begin to open.

Some of you are already doing this. It's easier to post graphics without the width and height, but it's a habit that can be broken with just a little extra time, and soon you won't even think of posting one without those dimensions. EVERY graphic! EVERY time! (okay, tiny little smileys not so important, but everything else is!)