# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/61 "2017-09-19T18:16:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Actually, you were getting zero ads with the new one. What you were getting instead was something that looked just like an ad, and was just as annoying as one, but which wasn’t an ad and therefore wasn’t even generating any revenue, which the programmers decided to insert for no discernible reason. I still think they must’ve been placeholders you were supposed to fill in with your own ads. What I find really weird is that they disappear on my tablet when I rotate the screen one way, but not the other. Is the responsive design actually removing ads based on the screen height? ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/62 "2017-09-19T18:23:07Z")
Old, now that I’ve learned that I could change. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/63 "2017-09-19T18:39:48Z")
I didn’t realize there was a choice, till now! I can quit the stupid Melville literary jokes now. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/64 "2017-09-19T19:21:25Z")
I had reached the point where new style was borderline-tolerable thanks to **Big T’s** TamperMonkey thingamabobbie, but the enormous freaking POST REPLY button was still annoying my delicate aesthetic sensibilities. There was nothing I liked better about the new style so I am happily reverted. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/65 "2017-09-19T20:36:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I can quit the stupid Melville literary jokes now. Now that I know everybody switched back, they don’t seem nearly as funny anymore. :o ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/66 "2017-09-19T21:50:03Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I had reached the point where new style was borderline-tolerable thanks to **Big T’s** TamperMonkey thingamabobbie, but the enormous freaking POST REPLY button was still annoying my delicate aesthetic sensibilities. There was nothing I liked better about the new style so I am happily reverted. Yeah, **BigT** put yeoman work into the GreaseMonkey UserScript he made, and turned the _original_ new theme into a much more tolerable _new_ new theme. I’m also glad we got the original theme back, and I intend to keep using it for as long as I can. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/67 "2017-09-20T01:23:21Z")
This morning I serendipitously clicked into “About this Message Board” and learned that it was possible to go back to the less ugly style, so I am happy once again. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/68 "2017-09-20T02:18:24Z")
I’m cool with (and using) the new style. I really dig the arrow in the lower right that takes me to the top o’ the page. ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/69 "2017-09-20T04:05:21Z")
I’ve gone back to the old style. I gave the new one a fair try, but I prefer the old style. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/70 "2017-09-21T01:32:59Z")
Old. I don’t LOVE it and I would never choose it on other vbulletin sites, but the new one was just an eyesore with no added functionality for me on a laptop. I’m all for change, but improvements over aesthetics. (Like not having all the posts be marked as read after I leave… sigh). Maybe it’s easier and better to manage, but it was not easier and better to read. For anyone missing the Go To Top button, in Firefox there is an addon called Scroll To Top. A few skins available, a few sizes, changeable transparency, a few other tweaks. I installed it when the latest FF took out half my toolbar buttons. Another gold star moment in frustration. Thanks, mozilla. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/71 "2017-09-21T12:38:34Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > On a PC, that’s one keypress (“Home” button). Works on any page, and all websites. > > On some laptops, they force you to press two at once, but it’s still the home function. I used the New with BigT’s script but switched back to Old as soon as it became available. I despised the floating “up” arrow because every now and then as I was scrolling down my cursor would hit it. Usually if I want to get out of a thread I just hit “Back” but if I answered a poll that doesn’t work so I just got in the habit of scrolling down to the forum jump box. If I was done with the forum I would select the next one I wanted to read. If there were still threads to be read I just hovered over that forum and hit “Go”. I quoted you, Musicat, because that’s going to save me some time when reading other forums. I tend to have forum threads set at 100 per page and when one has scrolled down to Thread 52 it’s a toss-up whether to scroll down or scroll up to change the sub-forum: hitting “Home” will be a time saver 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/72 "2017-09-21T14:44:38Z")
New. It doesn’t seem to have much of an impact based on the way I read and post on my desktops. And it’s an improvement on my phone and tablet. Most importantly, though, I’m glad folks have options now. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653/73 "2017-09-21T18:00:24Z")
I didn’t even realize it was a new style until just now. I thought I’d messed up my Firefox text size settings. Just switched back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-the-old-or-new-sdmb-style/796653.md?page=3)