# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/21 "2004-02-24T15:44:42Z")
Yes, I’m missing the same ones. I imagine that little glitch will be rectified in good time. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/22 "2004-02-24T15:54:03Z")
I’m with **Algernon** on this - I find the colours very restful, and I don’t see any “dead space” (probably because I’m on a 15" monitor at 800 x 600?). ---
**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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/23 "2004-02-24T16:05:39Z")
Hooray! Someone else is using my preferred style. Say, **Shrinking Violet** , send some flowers for Algernon? ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/24 "2004-02-24T16:08:47Z")
The dead space I’m referring to is the amount of vertical space between the bottom of the body of one post to the top of the body of the next post. Interestingly, I’ve just measured it and both styles have exactly the same amount of dead space. It’s obviously a matter of perception. I’m guessing that the thickish band of light blue-grey at the top of each post is a distraction for me, and I’m subconsciously interpreting it as having more dead space. ---
**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/25 "2004-02-25T00:33:07Z")
I don’t know for others, but I only get a full screen display when using “straight dope” style. The others give me a grey/blank space at both sides. I’m a complete PC illiterate, so I have no idea why that happens. Not that I care. Just wondering if others see the same. Salaam. A ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/26 "2004-02-25T00:38:15Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > Made minimum post 2 letters rather than 10 TY ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/27 "2004-02-25T00:51:37Z")
(By way of a test _and_ a thankyou in one go :)) ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/28 "2004-02-25T01:27:37Z")
Another thank you for the fix here! Also another vote for “Straight Dope” style by virtue of the column widths. ---
**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 25, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/29 "2004-02-25T05:59:55Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > Made minimum post 2 letters rather than 10 1 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/30 "2004-02-26T00:52:22Z")
The quote counts towards message length. ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/31 "2004-02-26T00:57:17Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > The quote counts towards message length. No, it doesn’t ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/32 "2004-02-26T01:01:35Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > No, it doesn’t You are right. He must just have included non-displayable characters. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/33 "2004-02-26T01:21:01Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > You are right. He must just have included non-displayable characters. There’s a space after the 1 (if you slide your mouse pointer over the text, you can see it “jump” across the space). ---
**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 26, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/34 "2004-02-26T01:28:51Z")
Well, that doesn’t work for me. I tried a 1 with a space but it wouldn’t accept it. ---
**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 26, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/35 "2004-02-26T04:20:09Z")
Q.E.D. used the non-breaking space,   or  . Regular spaces get compressed out. \>    \< ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383/36 "2004-02-26T08:34:04Z")
Well that figures… I just recently discovered you can use Alt+0160 to put spaces in Visual Basic variable names‚ and now somebody uses one in a MB post & it slips right past my attention! 😃 And when previewing the above text with only non breaking spaces, itcameoutlookinglikethis. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-vb-changes/230383.md?page=1)