# 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:** 4
**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, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/61 "2005-03-31T18:04:11Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > … The smilies all look just the same as before. I looked all over for a choice-of-skin menu and can’t see one. If you happen to find the setting that makes this possible, please don’t be shy about sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/62 "2005-03-31T18:07:00Z")
Geez, you people. :rolleyes: One vote here for absolutely not giving a good goddam **what** the frickin’ graphics look like. It’s the _content_ I’m here for. If ya want kewl grafix, go find any of about a million other teeny lil private forums with about six members, but hey, they’re using the very latest, kewlest skins!.. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/63 "2005-03-31T18:11:17Z")
> [@Duck Duck Goose](#): > > Geez, you people. :rolleyes: See! That’s what I mean. There’s just not a drop of disdain or contempt there at all. It’s just looks like someone trying to get a piece of popcorn out from between their teeth. ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/64 "2005-03-31T18:12:46Z")
I like the locked thread icon. It’s clearer than the previous one. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/65 "2005-03-31T18:14:47Z")
Well, so maybe if we need Mr. Rolleyes to express MaximumContempt&Disdain, we can indicate it like this: :rolleyes: On Eleven or maybe just :rolleyes:11 for short. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/66 "2005-03-31T18:16:50Z")
> [@inkleberry](#): > > 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. I liked New Coke. :ducks and runs: E. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/67 "2005-03-31T18:18:45Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > 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. For anyone who doesn’t like the blue roundness of sillyness, right-click on the desktop, choose Properties, click on the appearance tab, and select “Windows Classic Style” under “Windows and buttons”. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/68 "2005-03-31T18:21:32Z")
> [@Duck Duck Goose](#): > > Geez, you people. :rolleyes: > > One vote here for absolutely not giving a good goddam **what** the frickin’ graphics look like. It’s the _content_ I’m here for. > > If ya want kewl grafix, go find any of about a million other teeny lil private forums with about six members, but hey, they’re using the very latest, kewlest skins!.. That’s just it, we don’t want the kewl graphics and HUGE FUCKING BUTTONS GO ON CLICK ME YOU KNOW YOU WANT TOO OMG ROFL. I shall be browsing with images off from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/69 "2005-03-31T18:21:58Z")
I like the new look, seems more modern and pleasing to the eyes but it needs some polishing. I hope that gets done in the next few hours. Also some graphics are a bit too cheesy and cutesy (those stupid letters everywhere). Can we please get rid of the putz smiley? I hate that fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/70 "2005-03-31T19:13:37Z")
The new graphics don’t look well intergated into the rest of the site for me. In fact, some of the graphics even look like they were made to be shown on a different colored background. The colors just aren’t quite right somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/71 "2005-03-31T19:15:23Z")
> [@Duck Duck Goose](#): > > Well, so maybe if we need Mr. Rolleyes to express MaximumContempt&Disdain, we can indicate it like this: > > :rolleyes: On Eleven or maybe just :rolleyes:11 for short. If you want no graphics at all, perhaps you should go hang out on usenet. I think the SDMB strikes a fine balance, and I think the new smilies suck. Excuse me for breathing. Now, who’s up for avatars?! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/72 "2005-03-31T19:17:58Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > 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! _continues obligatory Monty Python reference, ad infinitum_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/73 "2005-03-31T19:33:56Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > What if EVERYONE ELSE’S is one color, but mine just says, “Good, he’s gone.” ☹ You’re thinking of mine. Yours is just the same color as everyone elses’. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/74 "2005-03-31T19:40:05Z")
I like the new look; the old graphics were too 8-bit for me. If only _all_ the icons and smilies got updated – the mix of old-and-new-look stuff is a mess, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/75 "2005-03-31T19:41:50Z")
My last comment was meant to end with a Smily 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/76 "2005-03-31T19:45:39Z")
I don’t like it. If Jerry is experimenting that’s alright, but I hope it gets changed back. These icons were not designed for the colors we have. Color me meh! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/77 "2005-03-31T19:47:01Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > the mix of old-and-new-look stuff is a mess, IMO. I gotta agree with that. It does look kinda odd… I like this though: :eek: And add another vote for bringing back smashie! I loved that little guy. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/78 "2005-03-31T19:47:28Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I exited and then came back and everything was new. OK, _now_ I’m seeing the new version. I can’t imagine how I managed to get all the new smilies but one. ---
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/79 "2005-03-31T19:50:14Z")
Ah, now I’m on the office computer, which runs on an elderly version of NT – over five years old. And it’s giving me the New! Improved! smilies. When I go home tonight I may tinker with my properties settings --currently my home machine is on Windows XP. Maybe if I change it to Windows Classic I’ll see the difference in the Dope. The new smilies don’t bother me. 😕 is clearer now, and so are ☹ and :mad: . I think :o gets its message across better now. Just as long as nobody ever takes away :dubious: and :smack: !!! ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/80 "2005-03-31T20:06:21Z")
OK, it’s growing on me. I really did just start the pit because I thought it was funny to pit the new look 5 minutes after I could log back on. 😃 Personally, I like this guy: 🆒 He’s intimidating. He looks like he’s contemplating whether or not he’s gonna wax your ass. . .and “not” isn’t looking too good right about now. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=5)