# Different layout **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [December 12, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530 "2024-12-12T03:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/21 "2024-12-27T21:55:40Z")
So the layout is fixed, I think, right? The bar on the right isn’t way over on the right edge of the screen and the bell is back where it started\*. However, noticed the other day the part at the bottom of a post showing how many replies it has, is in caps. As in “2 REPLIES”. I thought I was just misremembering it until just now. I clicked on the bell to change something and that’s in all caps as well. At least this is what I’m seeing in the Vincent theme, where the color scheme in the notification box is awful and they still haven’t fixed what ever makes bold text, somehow _less_ bold. Seriously, though, any time I see ‘bolding mine’, I have to go back and see if I can figure out what’s actually bolded. \*I hope losing that was some type of glitch and someone didn’t think it was actually a good idea for people to have to scroll all the way to the bottom of a thread to follow or ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/22 "2025-01-17T20:47:34Z")
Did the layout change again a few days ago? I remember reading a thread then going back to my home page (new posts) and the thread titles seemed to be more spaced out than they were a minute earlier. I’m seeing it on multiple computers and was assuming it was just me, but I’m also seeing the thread previews are considerably smaller than they used to be. That one I know isn’t ‘just me’ since I didn’t have to struggle to read them before. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/23 "2025-01-17T21:43:44Z")
Yes, I noticed the increased spacing of the thread titles yesterday. Also, the icons that appear at the end of the titles (e.g., blue dot for new, dot with a number for new posts) are sometimes bumped to the next line when they need not be, increasing the spacing further. I tried a number of the themes and it’s happening in many of them. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/24 "2025-01-17T21:45:46Z")
Seems to have changed 2 days ago for Discourse-Classic at least. I don’t like the extra space it uses now. ### To determine or change Theme: - Click on your Avatar next to the Menu. (Upper Right Corner) - Select Profile (The last symbol on the right) - Select Preferences again ⚙ (The gear symbol) - Click on Interface. (Should be the second to last choice.) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/25 "2025-01-17T22:00:09Z")
Using Straight Dope Light on Firefox, both desktop and laptop. Noticed the change a couple of days ago, too. The extra spacing involved is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/26 "2025-01-17T22:00:50Z")
Same complaint on SD Light; The extra vertical space on any of the topic lists is just useless. Makes the system harder to use since you can’t see much without scrolling. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/27 "2025-01-17T22:16:22Z")
Did the preview text when you hover the mouse over a thread title also become smaller font? SD Light. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/28 "2025-01-17T22:33:09Z")
I agree it looks smaller. More than that it seems like a different font that has finer strokes. _Tres_ trendy, but lousy for us old(er) people. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/29 "2025-01-17T23:16:47Z")
I’ve had to up the whole site to 120% because all the type has suddenly become tiny. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/30 "2025-01-17T23:31:37Z")
I also think I lost the “My Posts” option in the hamberder menu. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/31 "2025-01-18T00:53:55Z")
Another “SD Light” user here noting the layout change. I vote to get back the previous version, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/32 "2025-01-18T00:56:16Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > Did the preview text when you hover the mouse over a thread title also become smaller font? SD Light. Yes! I cannot see it clearly anymore and there is not a method to enlarge the font in that space. I have to open up the message if I want to read. What the heck? ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/33 "2025-01-18T15:14:31Z")
Okay I was about to blame it on my cats running across the keyboard and changing some sort of setting! ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/34 "2025-01-18T15:17:57Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > Okay I was about to blame it on my cats running across the keyboard and changing some sort of setting! For a few minutes I thought it might be my Covid brain fog leaking into my eyesight lol! ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/35 "2025-01-24T21:29:20Z")
Okay, I really do not like this. Someone has to change it back! Should we start a door knocking campaign? Organise a march in the streets? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530/36 "2025-02-01T21:28:50Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > Did the preview text when you hover the mouse over a thread title also become smaller font? SD Light. Yes. Straight Dope Dark. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-layout/1011530.md?page=1)