# Are you using the old or new SDMB style? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653 "2017-09-18T16:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/41 "2017-09-19T00:45:07Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Down at the very bottom, left side of the page, is the drop down box to choose. I owe you. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/42 "2017-09-19T00:57:04Z")
OH, i found it. It’s the intuitive and self-explanatory “Sultantheme’s R” button. Choose “the other” choice, also self-explanatory and intuitive. ---
**Author:** ![race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/43 "2017-09-19T00:59:16Z")
It wasn’t broke and didn’t need fixin’ ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/44 "2017-09-19T01:26:09Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > _Now_ I’m using old, thanks! It’s so much more compact, less wasted space. Exactly how I feel. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/45 "2017-09-19T01:41:43Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > On my desktop I use the new skin with BigT’s userscript. > > On my mobile devices, I use the old skin. The new one is absolutely unusable on my iPhone, and only so-so on the iPad. Not my experience at all. It took a little getting used to but I find it better on the iPhone yes the old one. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/46 "2017-09-19T01:51:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Not my experience at all. It took a little getting used to but I find it better on the iPhone yes the old one. It’s clearly very much device dependent. I have an iPhone SE, and it looks like shit vertical or horizontal. [Here is this thread horizontal](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6539.PNG). I can read like fucking 8 lines at a time. And the last line is cluttered up with the forum change drop-down menu. [Here it is with the old skin](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6540.PNG). I can actually follow a conversation now. [Here it is vertical](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6542.PNG). What in God’s name is that? Lines cut off at the end everywhere. Weird column spacing there so there’s a gutter on the right for who knows what reason. No poster info on the right, either. [Old version](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6541.PNG). Now there ya go. I can see a good bit of the thread. If I have trouble reading, I can zoom in with the pinch gesture. Much better. No lines cut off. All poster information is there. Great. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/47 "2017-09-19T02:05:01Z")
Yeah I could go either way on my computer in its bugs worked out new form but also see the new as nearly unusable on my iPhone - such as no option showing to go to last post or who was the last post. Big deal excited to return to old on the mobile device. And now no having to remember to unclick the show your signature box each time! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/48 "2017-09-19T02:26:34Z")
Switched it to old because I use my PC to read more often but I have to admit the new style was much better on my phone which I believe was the goal. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/49 "2017-09-19T02:38:27Z")
New. After a week or so, I don’t even remember what the old looked like, and the tweaks they made were never enough to anger me anyway. I like having the location and post count right there on the person’s post, and I like the arrow that brings me to the top of the page. And I can actually read it on my iPhone now; was a pain in the arse before, and I hated Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/50 "2017-09-19T02:40:45Z")
New. Not a big fan but I’m adjusting and learning to like some parts of it. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/51 "2017-09-19T02:50:48Z")
Wait, I can use the old? New right now, old in 5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/52 "2017-09-19T03:24:54Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s clearly very much device dependent. I have an iPhone SE, and it looks like shit vertical or horizontal. > > [Here is this thread horizontal](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6539.PNG). I can read like fucking 8 lines at a time. And the last line is cluttered up with the forum change drop-down menu. > > [Here it is with the old skin](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6540.PNG). I can actually follow a conversation now. > > [Here it is vertical](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6542.PNG). What in God’s name is that? Lines cut off at the end everywhere. Weird column spacing there so there’s a gutter on the right for who knows what reason. No poster info on the right, either. > > [Old version](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6541.PNG). Now there ya go. I can see a good bit of the thread. If I have trouble reading, I can zoom in with the pinch gesture. Much better. No lines cut off. All poster information is there. Great. I have a 6s plus so that probably makes a big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/53 "2017-09-19T04:13:19Z")
Old. Glad to see the SDMB reacts to change the same way I do. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/54 "2017-09-19T07:29:42Z")
I’m using the old style. I gave the new style a good try, but it just wasn’t the same. So I went back to the old style. I don’t look at the SDMB on mobile devices (unless my laptop, which goes with me everywhere, counts as a “mobile device,” which I suspect it does not), so I’m happy being able to switch back. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/55 "2017-09-19T08:26:44Z")
The Greasemonkey scripts I use, that **WierdAaron** made back in the day, only work with the old style, so I turned back, even though I was enjoying **BigT** ’s improvements to the new style and was all ready to suggest minor tweaks to it to modernise-but-not-alienate. I am not opposed to a new theme that works properly, especially in a contemporary style, but I so dearly love the aforementioned Greasemonkey scripts, they’d definitely need to come along with it. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/56 "2017-09-19T09:50:57Z")
I’m rollin’ again with the old. I usually like change, am an early adopter (I’ll be upgrading to iOS 11 as soon as it’s available today), but it’s gotta be _good_ change. That theme was not good. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/57 "2017-09-19T13:55:36Z")
Thank you! I didn’t know I could go back to the old style. Much better!!! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/58 "2017-09-19T18:00:47Z")
I use the olde style, but check back with the new to see how it’s going. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/59 "2017-09-19T18:02:55Z")
Spent too long fixing up the new style myself to use the old one. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/60 "2017-09-19T18:07:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > New style, but only because of this: > > I often toggle between forums by changing the number in the url line. I just know that 7 = GD, 5 = BBQ Pit, etc. But now, if I use the old style, the url doesn’t end with the forum number, it ends with the style option. It’s kind of a PITA to locate my cursor in the right place to hit just the forum number. Much easier when that number is the very last thing on the line. > > But I only had a slight preference for the old style anyway, so no big deal. If you change your default style in your User CP \> Editor Options, that wouldn’t be a problem. I actually tried using that as a way to detect what forum theme you were using, but found out it didn’t work. Neither does the cookie. It seems it is stored server side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653.md?page=4)