Lots of web designs these days use border-radius to "crop" user avatars into circles as oppose to regular ol' squares
Which do you prefer?
Avatars are such a key component in how one is perceived on the net. To alter them for design purposes is just rude in my book. Its not like they are converting the image into a circular file image. No data is being saved as the whole square image loads in. Why not let the User choose their preferred border frame of choice? I suppose the site wouldn't look uniformed though...
Circles change the focus of the image to the center. In the above gif two whole rings are cut off by the "cropping". For shame!
Circles change the focus of the image to the center. In the above gif two whole rings are cut off by the "cropping". For shame!