First, I have no idea about how to deal with the new forum layout as much, as I haven't been frequenting osu! lately so I may get something wrong with the new layout. Also I don't know if the search was altered as I got results for avatars in general without any mention of circular or square, so I don't know if this was discussed somewhere else on this domain, but let's get to the point if this wasn't discussed before...
Just like the title says, what's with circular avatars nowadays? Tonnes of sites and services have shifted to it, but I don't see a reason to do it unless the core design of the service will be enhanced with it, such as this osu! and to an extent Discord, but stuff like Twitter TOTALLY do NOT NEED it.
osu!, for example, has been all about circles, so avatars the "odd one out" had to be altered to fit the design theme as well as the rest of the project. Discord was from the beginning designed where icons are circular, so changing avatars to square will result in "design inconsistency", but why do other services like Facebook and Twitter and LINE and Google do it if it's unnecessary design-wise? If there's anything I just don't get about circular avatars outside the scope of the design, do tell me. And please be logical; only HTML5 and CSS3 eased the functionality of circular avatars on websites so square was the standard and I feel that the shift was too sudden.
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Just like the title says, what's with circular avatars nowadays? Tonnes of sites and services have shifted to it, but I don't see a reason to do it unless the core design of the service will be enhanced with it, such as this osu! and to an extent Discord, but stuff like Twitter TOTALLY do NOT NEED it.
osu!, for example, has been all about circles, so avatars the "odd one out" had to be altered to fit the design theme as well as the rest of the project. Discord was from the beginning designed where icons are circular, so changing avatars to square will result in "design inconsistency", but why do other services like Facebook and Twitter and LINE and Google do it if it's unnecessary design-wise? If there's anything I just don't get about circular avatars outside the scope of the design, do tell me. And please be logical; only HTML5 and CSS3 eased the functionality of circular avatars on websites so square was the standard and I feel that the shift was too sudden.
Discussion open unless rejected by the GMT or forum moderators.