# Minor change to page titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933 "2008-10-14T19:23:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933/1 "2008-10-14T19:23:12Z")

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I don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but the template for page titles seems to have been changed. It used to be that a thread page would have a title (up in the title bar of the browser window) something like “Straight Dope Message Board - Linear algebra & matrix multiplication”, but now it’s the other way around: “Linear algebra & matrix multiplication - Straight Dope Message Board”.

I like this. It used to be, if you had a bunch of tabs open, they’d all be labelled “Straight Dope Mes…” or the like, and you couldn’t tell at a glance which was which. Now, though, my tab bar is labelled “Linear algebra…” “Perforated nig…” ““Horn” tufts o…” “Why are our e…” “I seem to hav…”, and I can tell which one is which.

I know it’s a small thing in the grand scheme, but thanks, whoever did this.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933/2 "2008-10-14T19:27:10Z")

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Hey cool!

I asked for this way back when, but was advised to just mouse over the Firefox tab to see the title as a popup. This is much nicer.

I second the thanks!

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**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933/3 "2008-10-15T01:38:05Z")

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Also, if it’s a multi-page thread, the page number appears in the title: “Anyone getting Spore? - Page 4 - Straight Dope Message Board”. I don’t think that was there before, but I could very well be mistaken.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933/4 "2008-10-15T01:47:56Z")

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Yep yep, I noticed this too. It is of the good. Well, I suppose maybe those in office environments have a better argument against swearing in titles now, but generally speaking, I like it.

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-change-to-page-titles/467933/5 "2008-10-15T14:51:42Z")

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I did notice, but liked it the other way. I only have one sdmb tab open when I’m here, and have found myself clicking on a bunch of different tabs trying to get back to the thread I was reading.

It would be nice if the board had a unique tab icon instead of the default page with the bent corner. Is there any way I could assign it an icon?