# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/41 "2005-03-31T17:38:29Z")
The new buttons don’t match the dark blue bars. It looks worst for the buttons that are actually on the bar. The “Reply” button on each post is being resized too small. The p and also the e are goofed up. The square reply icon is just dumb looking too. The ed of the paper looks uneven. It also obviously wasn’t designed to be used against against a dark background, so it looks bad against the blue bar at the bottom. I shouldn’t have cleared my cache. _sigh_ I shed no tears for rolleyes. I hate that thing. It’s just meanspirited and nasty. Now that it’s been rendered impotent by that stupid little apologetic smile, maybe it’ll fall out of use. But I, for one, will miss blowjob smilie. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/42 "2005-03-31T17:38:54Z")
ohhh…I like the green button next to the name! Now I know whos online and NOT reading my posts! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/43 "2005-03-31T17:39:50Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Those appear to be people who signed up since we went pay to post. Admin has been saying that their titles would eventually become “member”. I guess stripping them of titles completely is a start. If that’s true, then they ought to change [this sticky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253315) which reads: > [@Ed Zotti](#): > > **What does a subscription get me?** > > Posting privileges for one year. > The title under your name says “charter member.” > Post count (i.e., number of messages you’ve posted to date appears with your username) > Ability to search the massive SDMB message database > Ability to view member profiles > Biographical info included with each post (optional) > Other cool stuff that we throw in later, possibly including private messaging, SDMB calendar, custom signatures, and “who’s online” feature. (This list edited by EZ 3/19/04.) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/44 "2005-03-31T17:40:09Z")
> [@Cockatiel](#): > > I give you the [Sarcasm Mark!](http://slate.msn.com/id/2111172) Uhm… that’s just an opening exclamation mark… trying to confuse us Hispanics, are we? ¡¿Digo?! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/45 "2005-03-31T17:41:23Z")
For fuck’s sake, people, the boards just came back up an hour ago! Wince when is Jerry done with _anything_ after an hour. Quit yer bitchin’! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/46 "2005-03-31T17:41:39Z")
Bum. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/47 "2005-03-31T17:43:13Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > What the hell is going on here? > > Is the world crumbling around me? > > Great big cartoony buttons. > > Bring back the old SDMB! It reminds me of AOL with its look and feel. This is a Bad Thing. The smileys now look like total ass and I’d be embarassed to use them in a post. Too cheesy. Another vote for the original SDMB. This is like the message board version of New Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/48 "2005-03-31T17:43:28Z")
It’s been AOL’d, the dumming down and cartooning up of the internet continues. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/49 "2005-03-31T17:46:18Z")
> [@Cockatiel](#): > > I give you the [Sarcasm Mark!](http://slate.msn.com/id/2111172) I read that as “Sarcasm Monk” and was delighted at the thought of a religious order sanctifying sarcasm. “Oh, yeah. Hell’s a great time. Who doesn’t want to roast marshmallows?” ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/50 "2005-03-31T17:46:58Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > …I shed no tears for rolleyes. I hate that thing. It’s just meanspirited and nasty. Now that it’s been rendered impotent by that stupid little apologetic smile, maybe it’ll fall out of use… The whole point of that emoticon was that it was mean-spirited. Sure, it got on my nerves from time to time but there are some cases where the old nasty rolleyes, standing alone and defiant under a quoted post was the perfect response. I, for one, will miss him. Personally, I blame Windows XP for all of this pastel, shiny and bulbous crap. ---
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/51 "2005-03-31T17:49:03Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > For fuck’s sake, people, the boards just came back up an hour ago! > > Wince when is Jerry done with _anything_ after an hour. Quit yer bitchin’! Point taken, but we wouldn’t want him to be without feedback would we? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/52 "2005-03-31T17:49:23Z")
> [@RandomLetters](#): > > 😕😕😕😕 > > :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: > :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: > > :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: > > :wally Same to you. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/53 "2005-03-31T17:49:35Z")
This is pretty bad. Can we skin back to the old style already? ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/54 "2005-03-31T17:54:24Z")
I like it. I have a weakness for candy-interfaces. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/55 "2005-03-31T17:56:02Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > At least this one :o actually looks a little embarassed now, instead of like it’s ready to suck cock. Huh? That one looks exactly the same to me. And yes, I am seeing the other changes. ---
**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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/56 "2005-03-31T17:58:46Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Huh? That one looks exactly the same to me. And yes, I am seeing the other changes. I exited and then came back and everything was new. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/57 "2005-03-31T17:59:26Z")
I use Internet Explorer on Windows XP. I hit Control+F5 and rebooted. All I see that looks new is the checkmark next to the username. The smilies all look just the same as before. I looked all over for a choice-of-skin menu and can’t see one. ---
**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/58 "2005-03-31T18:00:32Z")
The hamsters seem to be on dexedrine. Hope they don’t get paranoid. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/59 "2005-03-31T18:01:08Z")
When I was a boy, we didn’t have these fancy colored smiley faces. We only had one color of icon back then, black, and we had to make them ourselves out of punctuation marks. And we were grateful! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/60 "2005-03-31T18:03:33Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I use Internet Explorer on Windows XP. I hit Control+F5 and rebooted. All I see that looks new is the checkmark next to the username. The smilies all look just the same as before. I looked all over for a choice-of-skin menu and can’t see one. Go the control panel and select “Skins” under the Settings & Options menu. just kidding [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=4)