I wish everyone could have a unique avatar.

[Ladyhawk]

In other forums to which I've posted, each user had a unique avatar. Instead of looking at the name, I got used to looking at the avatar. Because of this, I sometimes actually miss the name of the poster and even respond without really registering who that person is.

Maybe it's a bad habit; maybe I learned more easily through visual input.

Any ideas on how to break this habit? I say this because I probably had conversations with Khephra and now I feel guilty that I did not remember him as an individual. There are a few people whose names I always recognize: WilliamPitt, Eloriel, arwalden, HypnoToad, etc. Usually it's because they've said something that really woke me up. And HypnoToad's GIF avatar and his collection of photos are hard to miss. :)

OK, tell me how I can start remembering user names instead of looking at the avatar first?