This is a fantastic module. Of the many options available on the Gravatar configuration page for Default image, one missing is the ability to follow Drupal core's lead when there is no user-uploaded image and no default image provided, and simply not display anything.

This might be as simple as enabling the radio button for "Global default user image" even when "There currently is not a global default user picture specified. This setting can be adjusted in the user pictures settings."

... nope. Then it shows the Gravatar logo (as previewed). But that would be my pick for the UI.

Love the close integration with core's user pics.

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Narno commented

yes, may be we can imagine a new radio button: "no display", "show no image" or something like that.

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Erythros commented

I support this. It is reason why I have stopped using Gravatar module in first place. I think that using default image by setting image with background color of page is bit silly.

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ohnobinki commented

The problem with having `no image' as an option is that the drupal module can't know if the gravatar exists or not without making an HTTP request to gravatar.com itself first. One way I see of getting this done acceptably is by selecting gravatar's 404 option, such that the browser gets told the image doesn't exist. The other, dirtier and more heavyweight way, is to have drupal query whether or not the gravatar exists. This should likely be combined with #334630: Cache gravatar images locally, because a webserver should not be sending out a query to gravatar.com for every page load. Or just by having a simple table which caches whether or not the gravatar loaded successfully and still refering the user to gravatar.com directly.

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BenK commented

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