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>>>>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:27:42 +0000 (UTC), Torsten Hilbrich <gnus@myrkr.in-berlin.de> said:

Torsten> The problem is, the X-Face part is IMO too ugly to be used
Torsten> for older readers supporting only that header.  In the
Torsten> example I tried all white pixel in the original picture are
Torsten> drawn black basicly inverting the image.

I have to agree.  All the people making use of this now have really
ugly looking pixmaps, as I haven't done an update in a long time.

Torsten> It would be nice if the X-Face part would be the same as the old
Torsten> bitmap one and the additional planes are used to improve the
Torsten> picture.

I agree.  Gnus is hardly the only mail/news reader that supports them,
and I'd say it's probably the second most popular as well (not the
first).

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