# Checking out the new software **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 29, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645 "2000-04-29T05:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/1 "2000-04-29T05:01:33Z")
Figured it’s a momentous ocassion, it deserves its own thread. Rolleyes is no longer animated, BTW: :rolleyes: But we can preview our posts 😃 Which shows me that it seems to have lost my sig :mad: ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/2 "2000-04-29T05:07:51Z")
OK, sig still there. And we can set it to display in our own time zone! I like, I like. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/3 "2000-04-29T05:10:19Z")
Well the “views” number is interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/4 "2000-04-29T05:15:19Z")
is there anyplace that teaches how this works? > [@](#): > > this is a test or is it > [@](#): > > this is a test? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/5 "2000-04-29T05:17:09Z")
:eek: 🙂 ☹ 😃 😛 :rolleyes: _italics_ **bold** ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/6 "2000-04-29T05:20:15Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/7 "2000-04-29T05:34:26Z")
“Go to first unread post,” eh? Nice one. ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/8 "2000-04-29T05:36:14Z")
specifically… will code make ASCII work? ```auto > L L ``` ---
**Author:** ![concrete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/concrete)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/9 "2000-04-29T05:40:02Z")
[http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/6649/teeth.jpg](http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/6649/teeth.jpg) testing…1…2…3… **1** … **2** … **3** ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/10 "2000-04-29T06:07:51Z")
Good lord, that’s a frightening picture! Don’t mind me, just noodlin’ around… > [@](#): > > is there anyplace that teaches how this works? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/11 "2000-04-29T06:37:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > is there anyplace that teaches how this works? > > \*\* There’s a rudimentary FAQ; click on FAQ in the upper right hand corner of any page. But it’s not too different from what you’re used to, no? your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/12 "2000-04-29T06:42:48Z")
Thank you **concrete** , now I am gonna have nightmares! 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/13 "2000-04-30T16:36:56Z")
First let’s see if it uses the same quote tags: > [@](#): > > Figured it’s a momentous ocassion, it deserves its own thread. > Rolleyes is no longer animated, BTW: OK so far… Now to check out the smilies…[wait] [/wait] Hmm, still has the same ugly rendition of Big Grin smiley! ---
**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:** [April 30, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/14 "2000-04-30T16:45:04Z")
Let’s see what it does with an URL: [http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter) …with an url input as hyperlink: [Allan’s Webby Site](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter) …with an inserted picture hyperlink… \“SDMB ---
**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:** [April 30, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/15 "2000-04-30T16:47:01Z")
And with this one I changed the subject line. Does it end up in the same thread anyway? Does it display the new subject line at all? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/16 "2000-04-30T23:18:46Z")
Just a test, nothing to see here: > [@](#): > > Thank you concrete, now I am gonna have nightmares! _italics_ **bold** ---
**Author:** ![Doctordec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doctordec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctordec)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-out-the-new-software/7645/17 "2000-04-30T23:25:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Like this