# Recent VB changes **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 21, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383 "2004-02-21T16:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/1 "2004-02-21T16:56:10Z")
Turned off “show signature” as default Made minimum post 2 letters rather than 10 ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/2 "2004-02-21T17:01:42Z")
Testy McTest ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/3 "2004-02-21T17:03:01Z")
Mine still shows the sig by default. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/4 "2004-02-21T17:18:19Z")
Did you change your viewing style at some point from the vb3 standard? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/5 "2004-02-21T17:22:18Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > Did you change your viewing style at some point from the vb3 standard? Yes, I’m using Straight Dope style because it looks nicer. I take it the various viewing style options use different templates and not all of them have been updated? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/6 "2004-02-21T17:24:54Z")
OK, should be fixed for all. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/7 "2004-02-21T17:26:52Z")
Yeah, should have remembered that each skin is like an entirely different program. Annoying to have to make each change 4 times. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/8 "2004-02-21T17:29:57Z")
Yep, it’s all gold now. Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/9 "2004-02-21T18:10:37Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > Yeah, should have remembered that each skin is like an entirely different program. Annoying to have to make each change 4 times. That is pretty obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/10 "2004-02-21T19:21:04Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > Turned off “show signature” as default I noticed. AWESOME. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/11 "2004-02-21T22:33:39Z")
T! ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/12 "2004-02-21T22:35:56Z")
Whee! Glee. Thank ye. -Me ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/13 "2004-02-22T00:28:26Z")
Awesome. I think those were the 2 most annoying things. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/14 "2004-02-22T17:52:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, should have remembered that each skin is like an entirely different program. Annoying to have to make each change 4 times. While wer’e at it, “location” is apparently displayed in some but not all skins. If it would make things any easier on you guys, is it possible to eliminate some of the skins? I note, for instance, that we have both a “Straight Dope” style and a “Straight Dope Message Board vBulletin 3” style. But thank you for all the work you’re doing! ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/15 "2004-02-23T14:01:26Z")
Please, please do not eliminate the “Straight Dope Message Board vBulletin 3” style. I much prefer the color scheme and font selection compared to the “Straight Dope” style. The “Straight Dope” style is much too harsh for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/16 "2004-02-23T20:06:18Z")
Thanks, Gaudere! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/17 "2004-02-24T14:24:45Z")
Please, please do not eliminate the “Straight Dope” style. I much prefer the color scheme and layout compared to the “Straight Dope Message Board vBulletin 3” style. The “Straight Dope Message Board vBulletin 3” style has too much dead space between posts for my taste. Not mocking you or anything, just pointing out that people like both styles for various reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/18 "2004-02-24T14:31:13Z")
> [@1920s Style Death Ray](#): > > Not mocking you or anything, just pointing out that people like both styles for various reasons. On the contrary. I’m flattered. 🙂 I was moved to post my plea because I perceive that very few people are using the “too much dead space” style, which I prefer. I became paranoid then when **Chronos** suggested eliminating styles to lessen the workload of the admins. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/19 "2004-02-24T14:52:12Z")
Yeah, keep all the different styles. It is a great feature of the new SDMB. Do the smileys look like ghosts in all the syles? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/20 "2004-02-24T15:33:08Z")
Well, in the style I use, the smilies are ghostly. Plus, I’m missing “smack”, “dubious”, “wally” and “happy orthodox jewish man”. I really don’t miss them much, except for “smack”, which I found quite useful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383.md?page=2)