# The New Look SDMB. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082 "2005-03-31T17:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/1 "2005-03-31T17:02:25Z")
What the hell is going on here? Is the world crumbling around me? Great big cartoony buttons. Bring back the old SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/2 "2005-03-31T17:03:50Z")
You want some cheese with your whine? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/3 "2005-03-31T17:04:02Z")
Silence! The New Look SDMB _pleases_ the Great **Bosda**. It shall be spared. We are nothing, if not magnanimous. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/4 "2005-03-31T17:04:08Z")
Huh? It looks exactly the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/5 "2005-03-31T17:04:14Z")
Jerry finished the updates within the last hour and already someone is pitting it? ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/6 "2005-03-31T17:04:18Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > What the hell is going on here? > > Is the world crumbling around me? > > Great big cartoony buttons. > > Bring back the old SDMB! 🙂 :rolleyes: :dubious: 🆒 :smack: 😛 :wally 😉 ;j 😃😕 :o :eek: ☹ :mad: It gets worse. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/7 "2005-03-31T17:05:17Z")
Clear your cache, Twisty. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/8 "2005-03-31T17:05:39Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > Huh? It looks exactly the same to me. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Offensive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Offensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Offensive)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/9 "2005-03-31T17:09:26Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > 🙂 :rolleyes: :dubious: 🆒 :smack: 😛 :wally 😉 ;j 😃😕 :o :eek: ☹ :mad: > It gets worse. Hey, those are pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/10 "2005-03-31T17:09:46Z")
Oooh. Shiny. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/11 "2005-03-31T17:10:00Z")
Bugger all! They changed the smileys too! :eek: ☹ :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/12 "2005-03-31T17:10:32Z")
Still no pukie. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/13 "2005-03-31T17:11:17Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Bugger all! They changed the smileys too! :eek: ☹ :mad: > > 😃 Are these still the same for everyone. . . :smack: :dubious: :wally ;j ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/14 "2005-03-31T17:11:34Z")
> [@Offensive](#): > > Hey, those are pretty cool. If they had added a puke smilie, I could respond to this. Also, the new :rolleyes: is far to friendly looking. The old one really conveyed sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/15 "2005-03-31T17:12:50Z")
I love the new SDMB. It’s totally pro-active and in my face. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/16 "2005-03-31T17:13:15Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > If they had added a puke smilie, I could respond to this. Also, the new :rolleyes: is far to friendly looking. The old one really conveyed sarcasm. Then I guess we’ll have to learn another way of conveying sarcasm that doesn’t involve an emoticon. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/17 "2005-03-31T17:13:29Z")
The “embarrassed” smiley is much improved (no longer looks like a blowjob smiley), but I agree with whoever from the other thread that we need the old rolleyes back. The new one is just too cutesy and doesn’t convey the disdain that the old one did. And I already miss the “rainbow” quality of the old smileys. Made for some cool art. Other than that, I think the new look is sharp! ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/18 "2005-03-31T17:13:33Z")
Can avatars or, Og help us, animated avatars and smilies be far behind? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/19 "2005-03-31T17:14:11Z")
I’m with the OP. Down with change! Change is bad! Leave everything the way it always was forever! I expect a change back to whatever the hell we had before Vbulletin. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/20 "2005-03-31T17:14:15Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > Clear your cache, Twisty. What’s this “cache” of which you speak, and how does one clear it? I know, I know. Some people shouldn’t be allowed near electricity, let alone computer technology. It all looks the sme to be too. If I don’t “clear my cache”, will it stay the same? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=2)