# Major bugs in SDMB re-skin fixed. What do you think?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663>\
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**Created:** [September 6, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663 "2017-09-06T18:32:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/101 "2017-09-07T08:20:09Z")

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WOW! Much angry, so sad.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/102 "2017-09-07T09:34:09Z")

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Could we please fix the [page numbering issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20461387&postcount=41)? If I had a test backend and 30 minutes I’d make the code myself; it really couldn’t be that hard, it’s just changing a bit of CSS (and I even showed you _which_ CSS), and every single time I want to check what page I’m on I’m annoyed by having to search for the number, rather than just being able to see if the one that isn’t blue is the last page. Similarly, the quotes being replaced with italics is just _bad_. This isn’t my opinion, this is just straight-up poor usability - stripping the formatting from quoted posts _sucks_.

> [@Evan\_Drake](#):
>
> No — just no. Telling people they to embrace unwelcome change and just go with what they are given is a condescending cop-out.

This. This change made the forum less usable for me. It is a straight-up downgrade in functionality, in some ways objectively so - not just a matter of “I don’t like the blue bars or increased space” (I don’t mind them). Quotes are harder to read. Lists seem disjointed and disconnected from the rest of the post. Do spoilers in quotes still get broken?

> [@](#):
>
> asdflkjaerwlkjgraeoig4u oi4u iuo432 hkjgh 43oig haoigu haoiu h4wo ihaw4eoiu a4hgoiu34h goiu34h o34ih 43oigh 3 3h4 34ahuio h34oi 34hoiih iu h3i o3iu ho34iu h3oiuh
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> asdfjaljklkaj ajslkjaslkejlakjl kjalk jwlk jalkj lkj lkawjtlkwejlakjglw jal jwl kjwalk jlk j lk jl4kj lakjlak4j 4io j43oljg 35lkgnhsdf narewlk ha ha4elg jnrelg jenarlkg jh4t ha4ewlkj reawlk healkj
> 
> testing this

EDIT: [yup](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20461387&postcount=41). And I can’t _close_ the spoiler for some reason. The button doesn’t work.

> [@Fenris](#):
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> But it’s not an either/or choice. vB allows as part of it’s plain, default, vanilla package an option to let the user chose the skin they prefer.
> 
> It takes absolutely no configuring (other than building the new skins) and it’s like 5 button clicks for an admin to activate.
> 
> So why not let the users choose which skin works best for them? Those who love the new skin can have it, those who don’t can have the old skin with about 2 clicks.
> 
> And POOF: everyone’s happy.

This x1000. Seriously, if you want a skin more compatible with mobile, make this the default, and give us the option of going back to the old skin, which was almost identical, but worked better.

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**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/103 "2017-09-07T09:48:24Z")

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> [@Folly](#):
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> You can see the bar in the pic linked to in post 38. Thanks for that, by the way, as I am not experiencing the green highlighting and had no idea what people were talking about.
> 
> I can’t remember what used to be between the posts of a thread. Was it just a thinner line?

You mean this  
[https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/36930961921\_a89b92b518\_h.jpg](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/36930961921_a89b92b518_h.jpg)

Using firefox 48.0.2 seem like any other message board.

Unless the blue bar looks bigger on your browser.

It lust looks like any other message board out there.

[![](https://boardhost.com/forumtour2.png) ](https://boardhost.com/forumtour2.png)

[![](https://d28rbn44lsuj1h.cloudfront.net/fr-img/340x200/p/pheromone-forum.com.png) ](https://d28rbn44lsuj1h.cloudfront.net/fr-img/340x200/p/pheromone-forum.com.png)

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FUDforum.jpg/300px-FUDforum.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FUDforum.jpg/300px-FUDforum.jpg)

[![](https://ps.w.org/asgaros-forum/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1325872) ](https://ps.w.org/asgaros-forum/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1325872)

[![](https://www.gnutellaforums.com/attachments/site-feedback/4057d1210595092-how-create-new-thread-your-first-post-how-start-new-thread.gif) ](https://www.gnutellaforums.com/attachments/site-feedback/4057d1210595092-how-create-new-thread-your-first-post-how-start-new-thread.gif)

[https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/vBulletin%20Homepage.preview.jpeg](https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/vBulletin%20Homepage.preview.jpeg)

[![](https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/af-top-level-forum-page.jpg) ](https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/af-top-level-forum-page.jpg)

[https://cdn.sourcewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simplepress.jpg](https://cdn.sourcewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simplepress.jpg)

[![](https://d19fbfhz0hcvd2.cloudfront.net/UC/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/5.png) ](https://d19fbfhz0hcvd2.cloudfront.net/UC/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/5.png)

[https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/phpbb3-screenshot.preview.jpeg](https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/phpbb3-screenshot.preview.jpeg)

[http://cdn.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/edu/phpbb/overview/forum-overview.png](http://cdn.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/edu/phpbb/overview/forum-overview.png)

[![](https://cdn.techgyd.com/post.jpg) ](https://cdn.techgyd.com/post.jpg)

[![](https://files.techtalkz.com/newthread.jpg) ](https://files.techtalkz.com/newthread.jpg)

So unless some how it looks bigger on your browser pretty mush every message board out there has it.  
Like this blue one dead on  
[![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/25/article-2638950-1E35586800000578-534_634x353.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/25/article-2638950-1E35586800000578-534_634x353.jpg)

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/104 "2017-09-07T09:57:11Z")

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I’m starting to think the whole site needs a [complete modern revamp](http://imgur.com/gallery/z4MOH). Go hard or go home.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/105 "2017-09-07T11:27:23Z")

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The gray ‘back to top’ arrow is pretty pointless on an iPhone, since all you have to do is tap above the URL field (where the time is displayed), and it scrolls you back to the top.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/106 "2017-09-07T11:32:07Z")

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> [@sweat209](#):
>
> You mean this  
> [https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/36930961921\_a89b92b518\_h.jpg](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/36930961921_a89b92b518_h.jpg)
> 
> Using firefox 48.0.2 seem like any other message board.
> 
> Unless the blue bar looks bigger on your browser.
> 
> It lust looks like any other message board out there.
> 
> [https://boardhost.com/forumtour2.png](https://boardhost.com/forumtour2.png)
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> [https://d28rbn44lsuj1h.cloudfront.net/fr-img/340x200/p/pheromone-forum.com.png](https://d28rbn44lsuj1h.cloudfront.net/fr-img/340x200/p/pheromone-forum.com.png)
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> [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FUDforum.jpg/300px-FUDforum.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FUDforum.jpg/300px-FUDforum.jpg)
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> [https://ps.w.org/asgaros-forum/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1325872](https://ps.w.org/asgaros-forum/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1325872)
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> [http://www.gnutellaforums.com/attachments/site-feedback/4057d1210595092-how-create-new-thread-your-first-post-how-start-new-thread.gif](http://www.gnutellaforums.com/attachments/site-feedback/4057d1210595092-how-create-new-thread-your-first-post-how-start-new-thread.gif)
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> [https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/vBulletin%20Homepage.preview.jpeg](https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/vBulletin%20Homepage.preview.jpeg)
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> [https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/af-top-level-forum-page.jpg](https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/af-top-level-forum-page.jpg)
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> [https://cdn.sourcewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simplepress.jpg](https://cdn.sourcewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simplepress.jpg)
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> [https://d19fbfhz0hcvd2.cloudfront.net/UC/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/5.png](https://d19fbfhz0hcvd2.cloudfront.net/UC/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/5.png)
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> [https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/phpbb3-screenshot.preview.jpeg](https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/phpbb3-screenshot.preview.jpeg)
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> [http://cdn.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/edu/phpbb/overview/forum-overview.png](http://cdn.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/edu/phpbb/overview/forum-overview.png)
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> [http://cdn.techgyd.com/post.jpg](http://cdn.techgyd.com/post.jpg)
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> [http://www.techtalkz.com/files/newthread.jpg](http://www.techtalkz.com/files/newthread.jpg)
> 
> So unless some how it looks bigger on your browser pretty mush every message board out there has it.  
> Like this blue one dead on  
> [http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/25/article-2638950-1E35586800000578-534\_634x353.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/25/article-2638950-1E35586800000578-534_634x353.jpg)

So many places doing it _wrong._

😃

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/107 "2017-09-07T11:53:26Z")

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> [@sweat209](#):
>
> You mean this  
> [https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/36930961921\_a89b92b518\_h.jpg](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/36930961921_a89b92b518_h.jpg)
> 
> Using firefox 48.0.2 seem like any other message board.
> 
> Unless the blue bar looks bigger on your browser.
> 
> It lust looks like any other message board out there.
> 
> [https://boardhost.com/forumtour2.png](https://boardhost.com/forumtour2.png)
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> [https://d28rbn44lsuj1h.cloudfront.net/fr-img/340x200/p/pheromone-forum.com.png](https://d28rbn44lsuj1h.cloudfront.net/fr-img/340x200/p/pheromone-forum.com.png)
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> [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FUDforum.jpg/300px-FUDforum.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FUDforum.jpg/300px-FUDforum.jpg)  
> [https://ps.w.org/asgaros-forum/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1325872](https://ps.w.org/asgaros-forum/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1325872)
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> [http://www.gnutellaforums.com/attachments/site-feedback/4057d1210595092-how-create-new-thread-your-first-post-how-start-new-thread.gif](http://www.gnutellaforums.com/attachments/site-feedback/4057d1210595092-how-create-new-thread-your-first-post-how-start-new-thread.gif)
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> [https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/vBulletin%20Homepage.preview.jpeg](https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/vBulletin%20Homepage.preview.jpeg)
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> [https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/af-top-level-forum-page.jpg](https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/af-top-level-forum-page.jpg)
> 
> [https://cdn.sourcewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simplepress.jpg](https://cdn.sourcewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simplepress.jpg)
> 
> [https://d19fbfhz0hcvd2.cloudfront.net/UC/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/5.png](https://d19fbfhz0hcvd2.cloudfront.net/UC/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/5.png)
> 
> [https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/phpbb3-screenshot.preview.jpeg](https://files.staticfsr.org/files/images/phpbb3-screenshot.preview.jpeg)
> 
> [http://cdn.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/edu/phpbb/overview/forum-overview.png](http://cdn.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/edu/phpbb/overview/forum-overview.png)
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> [http://cdn.techgyd.com/post.jpg](http://cdn.techgyd.com/post.jpg)
> 
> [http://www.techtalkz.com/files/newthread.jpg](http://www.techtalkz.com/files/newthread.jpg)
> 
> So unless some how it looks bigger on your browser pretty mush every message board out there has it.  
> Like this blue one dead on  
> [http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/25/article-2638950-1E35586800000578-534\_634x353.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/25/article-2638950-1E35586800000578-534_634x353.jpg)

None of those sites, except for the very last one, show the annoyance we’re talking about. It’s the deep blue lines in between posts within a thread. Look at the example of the old vs new I linked to in my previous post.

ETA: Better yet, [here it is again](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/oldnew.jpg). The post separators are much less distracting and annoying in the old version.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/108 "2017-09-07T11:59:03Z")

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So many people are seeing things I do not see. In the beginning the font looked really big. So I made it smaller. The ugly green color of some buttons bothered me for a couple of minutes. Etc.

I think one reason I like coming here is that it’s the one place in the world where I am not the crankiest, crabbiest, pickiest person in the room.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/109 "2017-09-07T12:12:33Z")

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I only visit SDMB on my desktop. This new look is harder to use, with so much wasted space. My 2 cents.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/110 "2017-09-07T12:15:41Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
>
> I’m starting to think the whole site needs a [complete modern revamp](http://imgur.com/gallery/z4MOH). Go hard or go home.

No,no,no!  
It should read: The Straight, but NOT Narrow, Dope. 😃

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/111 "2017-09-07T12:32:07Z")

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I’ve been looking at it on my iPhone, using Safari, and the text isn’t breaking at the spaces, it’s breaking mid-word. That’s very hard to follow.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/112 "2017-09-07T12:43:29Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
>
> I’ve been looking at it on my iPhone, using Safari, and the text isn’t breaking at the spaces, it’s breaking mid-word. That’s very hard to follow.

That’s not happening on my iPhone (iOS 10.3.3/Safari/iPhone 7). I wonder what the difference is?

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/113 "2017-09-07T12:53:42Z")

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I’m also noticing that quoted spoilers are automatically revealed. Uncool.

> [@](#):
>
> This theme is a fucking mess.
> 
> See what I mean?

Dump this skin already. Yikes.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/114 "2017-09-07T13:05:11Z")

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When I use search I can still only see 3/4 of the page, the right 1/4 is off screen. (iPad mini, safari)

The dark blue line after each post is a titch annoying, but the larger print is nice.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/115 "2017-09-07T13:24:09Z")

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My 2 cents.  
On my iPhone 5 the site is significantly worse. It is really quite a mess, whereas before it was quite readable.  
The floating thread selector and jump to top button are sealing easily over 5% of the screen real estate and are distracting. They have to go.  
If I hold the phone vertical the words break at odd letters making the text wretched to read. Held horizontally the text breaks correctly at word boundaries.  
I never had any issue with anything that the new style is supposedly fixing when using my iPhone before, but the style has made things much nastier.

The entire style looks like the work of a child learning how to code for the Web. It reminds me of stuff one would see in the 90’s. Strange spacing, inconsistent use of icons and text, gratuitous colours. I struggle to believe this has been implemented by anyone with any sort of professional training.

\<grumpy\_mode\>  
Given the consistent denial that there would ever be the time spent to upgrade the broad to a later version of vBulletin, I find it disconcerting that time has been found to put into this ill considered botch job.  
\<\grumpy\_mode\>

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/116 "2017-09-07T13:38:58Z")

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> [@kayT](#):
>
> So many people are seeing things I do not see. In the beginning the font looked really big. So I made it smaller. The ugly green color of some buttons bothered me for a couple of minutes. Etc.
> 
> I think one reason I like coming here is that it’s the one place in the world where I am not the crankiest, crabbiest, pickiest person in the room.

What are you talking about? This theme has been a total FAIL.

From the other thread, it now breaks the functionality of the

```auto

 tags:

[quote="RTFirefly, post:207, topic:795610"]

Tried doing anything with 

```

yesterday or today? [It’s a disaster.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20463825&postcount=1642)  
[/QUOTE]

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**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/117 "2017-09-07T14:00:52Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Could we please fix the [page numbering issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20461387&postcount=41)?

I’ll second this one as well. Could we also make links in general a distinctively different color so they can be differentiated from underlined text?

And one last request: Could the “go to new post” button be either fixed or eliminated? Now that they are colored red, I am even more aware that the feature does not work on this site.

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**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 7, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/118 "2017-09-07T14:46:22Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> That’s not happening on my iPhone (iOS 10.3.3/Safari/iPhone 7). I wonder what the difference is?

Hmm. Weird. Are you looking at it in portrait mode? [Here is how your post looks on my iPhone](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6516.PNG) (iPhone SE, Safari, iOS10.3.3). I’m assuming it’s the fact that you have a bigger phone with more screen real estate.

The other oddity I noticed is that on some of the pages, the hyperlink in landscape mode drops a couple font sizes, [as in this case.](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6517.PNG) Also, note how obnoxious it is that that is my entire iPhone screen, and I can only see a very small portion of the thread, as if I’m looking at it through a magnifying glass, with no apparent way to zoom out or make the font much, much smaller.

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**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 7, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/119 "2017-09-07T14:51:51Z")

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And the bit about us who are not happy with the changes being a bunch of change resistant grumps is a steaming dog turd. I don’t believe I’ve ever complained about any changes in the board before; I generally am an early adopter of new technology (the instant a new OS comes out, I get it–I’m one of those people who loved the “flat” look of more modern OSes and wasn’t bitching about it; in most cases upgrades truly are upgrades, even if they require a slight bit of readjustment), and I happily use several other boards with different layouts and interfaces, and this is the only one so far that has annoyed the crap out of me.

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**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 7, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/120 "2017-09-07T15:01:22Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Hmm. Weird. Are you looking at it in portrait mode? [Here is how your post looks on my iPhone](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6516.PNG) (iPhone SE, Safari, iOS10.3.3). I’m assuming it’s the fact that you have a bigger phone with more screen real estate.

Yep, portrait mode. Landscape as well, all the breaks are after words. Could be the screen size/resolution. Dunno.

> [@pulykamell](#):
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> The other oddity I noticed is that on some of the pages, the hyperlink in landscape mode drops a couple font sizes, [as in this case.](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/IMG_6517.PNG) Also, note how obnoxious it is that that is my entire iPhone screen, and I can only see a very small portion of the thread, as if I’m looking at it through a magnifying glass, with no apparent way to zoom out or make the font much, much smaller.

That is utterly bizarre and abysmal. It’s so blown up as to be obnoxious and almost unreadable.

> [@pulykamell](#):
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> And the bit about us who are not happy with the changes being a bunch of change resistant grumps is a steaming dog turd. I don’t believe I’ve ever complained about any changes in the board before; I generally am an early adopter of new technology (the instant a new OS comes out, I get it–I’m one of those people who loved the “flat” look of more modern OSes and wasn’t bitching about it; in most cases upgrades truly are upgrades, even if they require a slight bit of readjustment), and I happily use several other boards with different layouts and interfaces, and this is the only one so far that has annoyed the crap out of me.

Agreed and same here. This isn’t moaning over aesthetics or just because it’s different, and will take some getting used to. A lot of stuff is truly borked. I’d just go back to the old theme, as I don’t trust they’ll be able to squash all, or even most, of the issues across all these different devices and browsers.

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