SimpleMachines/SMF2.1 — pull request #64 by marcusforsberg (2012-07-12 16:31:58+00:00)
Title: Allow themes to show the latest poster's avatar on board index

Something I wanted to do with my theme Calix but can't since avatars aren't loaded for topics and boards. They should be, IMO, like IPB does it, so themers can choose to show them.

I feel this should be the theme designer's choice, and not done globally as with the available mod(s).