# Is the "Quick Style Chooser" new? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 22, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839 "2005-09-22T04:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/1 "2005-09-22T04:45:36Z")
I’ve just noticed a “Quick Style Chooser” drop-down menu at the bottom left of SDMB pages … choosing “vBulletin 3” changes the look/feel dramatically. Is this something new, or yet another feature that’s been around forever that I’ve managed to overlook until now? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/2 "2005-09-22T04:52:39Z")
I’m wondering the same thing. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/3 "2005-09-22T05:01:28Z")
I think that’s been around for a while, but since the vB skin doesn’t give you much, it’s not a popular choice. You can also access it from the User Control Panel, I do believe. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/4 "2005-09-22T05:05:37Z")
16 minutes! Late-nite admins are the best! 😉 I have a feeling that when the board _does_ implement something new I won’t be the first to notice it, but I still feel compelled to ask about these things. 🙂 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/5 "2005-09-22T05:15:43Z")
How odd! I just noticed it for the first time myself just now and came here to see what was up with the new selection drop-down. I can’t believe I’ve never noticed it before. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/6 "2005-09-22T06:58:11Z")
Well I logged in to find that my style selection had changed to vb3 or whatever. Looked like crap in firefox. Switched back to “gamma” and all is well. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/7 "2005-09-22T12:57:30Z")
My style had changed as well to ‘Straight Dope Message Board vBulletin 3 Style’ from ‘Straight Dope v3 Gamma’. Was there a global change? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/8 "2005-09-22T13:00:42Z")
Mine changed too, but was easily switched back. Not sure what happened there, but I was looking at a template change so it’s possible I may have turned this on by accident. It’s always been available from the User Control Panel; now it displays in the page. Anyway, if you get a craving for seeing how vB does it, you can find out quickly. 🙂 your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/9 "2005-09-22T13:09:06Z")
I think it’s a temporary quirk; that those in charge may be working on some style changes, turning on the “Allow Users To Change Styles” variable in the vBulletin control panel. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/10 "2005-09-22T21:05:03Z")
Thank goodness for this post, my view of the forums had gone to poo, but chosing “Straight Dope v3 Gamma” has fixed the problem. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/11 "2005-09-22T22:15:44Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Thank goodness for this post, my view of the forums had gone to poo, but chosing “Straight Dope v3 Gamma” has fixed the problem. \ You’re not kidding about poo! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/12 "2005-09-22T22:39:16Z")
:eek: Wow, those options really blow. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-quick-style-chooser-new/322839/13 "2005-09-22T23:38:33Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Thank goodness for this post I helped! I helped! 🙂