# 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:** 5
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/81 "2005-03-31T20:12:12Z")
If they could just change :rolleyes: and 😛 back to the old, I would be happy. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/82 "2005-03-31T20:16:15Z")
> [@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! You had punctuation marks? When _I_ was young we had to point at what we had written and yell: “Hey, hey, HEY”. [I found the dark blue ‘:(’ much sweeter] ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/83 "2005-03-31T20:23:31Z")
Every time I see this guy :rolleyes: I think of the Listerine commercials. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/84 "2005-03-31T20:24:58Z")
> [@gum](#): > > You had punctuation marks? > When _I_ was young we had to point at what we had written and yell: “Hey, hey, HEY”. > > [I found the dark blue ‘:(’ much sweeter] You had pen and paper? In _my_ day we had to inscribe our posts on a plank of wood hand-hewn from an oak tree with an obsidian stylus. Then we had to dig a hole and plant the plank upright, hence giving birth to the term “post”. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/85 "2005-03-31T20:40:11Z")
I like it! sorry ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/86 "2005-03-31T20:42:42Z")
You had planks of wood? Back in my day we had to chisel our messages into stone! And if the pharoah didn’t like what you’d written — he’d slit your throat! But we didn’t complain! We _enjoyed_ it, because we appreciated what we had, unlike youngsters today … ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/87 "2005-03-31T20:50:14Z")
Ergh… SDMB goes XP. Bleah. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/88 "2005-03-31T20:51:54Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > 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: Ugh, I hate that one. I never really liked smilies, and I tried to avoid using them, except the cool one. I loved that cool smilie. And now he looks like he’s trying too hard to be edgy. He’s a poseur, instead of just being the naturally awesome guy that he once was. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/89 "2005-03-31T20:52:10Z")
I think it looks really plastic-y and shiny and big, compared to the old board, but I like it–and I expect the shock should wear off in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/90 "2005-03-31T20:52:51Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > :rolleyes: This one is just no fucking good at all. Put more succintly than I could ever hope to. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/91 "2005-03-31T20:57:18Z")
I appreciate the technical upgrade and the efforts of the IT staff, but these new smilies suck donkey schlong. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/92 "2005-03-31T21:02:42Z")
Grmph. Grateful to the staff and all, but the new graphics look too fuzzy or jagged, like they’re sized wrong. The old straightforward plain-jane checkmarks, “go to top” and “quick reply” icons worked well enough, why replace them? This new set would probably do fine on some Happy Shiny Fun Board with sparkly animated avatars and giant signatures, but not here. Also pissed because I’ve been demoted. I _liked_ being a Charter Member, dash it all. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/93 "2005-03-31T21:08:33Z")
Probably wasn’t an experiment - when you update vBulletin part of the upload is the graphics for buttons and smileys. If you’re not paying attention it’s pretty easy to overwrite the old stuff by accident. I’m glad to finally see an update though. vBulletin 3 went out of beta over a year ago, and there have been quite a few security patches in the meantime. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/94 "2005-03-31T21:23:57Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > You had planks of wood? Back in my day we had to chisel our messages into stone! And if the pharoah didn’t like what you’d written — he’d slit your throat! But we didn’t complain! We _enjoyed_ it, because we appreciated what we had, unlike youngsters today … The plans were a newer innovation, much like you kids and your iPods. Back in the day, we didn’t even have a written language. If Ugg wanted to flame me, he would actually take a burning stick and throw it into my cave. Great Debates consisted of “snort vs. grunt - new paradigms in positive acknowledgements for inter-tribal communication”. We actually _had_ trolls. Board Administration was draconian, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/95 "2005-03-31T21:29:27Z")
Right—yet another vote against the new “roll-eyes”. It simply doesn’t fit. In fact, I thought the old one had a touch too much mouth-curve, as well—a flat mouth would _really_ convey that irritation when you’re at a loss for synonyms—but, it was much better than _this_, which misses the point entirely, I feel. And, I know that things are probably being worked on as we speak, but I must say that I find the gaps (where member stati used to be) _very_ distracting. It’s not about judging content against one’s status, it’s about a cohesive feel. If you must differentiate between those users who got on the boat within a month or so versus those who didn’t for any number of reasons, at least fill the gaps, please. ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/96 "2005-03-31T21:31:04Z")
::Jeff Foxworthy:: I demand a glitter finish. And and more post about UFO’s. And well fishin’ is in the username so that should about cover the lures. ::Jeff Foxworthy:: ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/97 "2005-03-31T22:23:00Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > I read that as “Sarcasm Monk” and was delighted at the thought of a religious order sanctifying sarcasm. I take it you have not yet encountered a Jesuit. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/98 "2005-03-31T22:39:30Z")
I don’t have a problem with it. I like some of the changes better, like the green buttons for those online. I don’t think this guy :o looks embarrassed though, I think he looks stoned. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/99 "2005-03-31T22:52:11Z")
Meh, I don’t like the new :rolleyes: . Other than that… Hey, you can increase the size of the reply box, now! Cool. Not perfect, but I guess I’m one of those who’s here for the content. As long as we don’t get into animated smilies/avatars, I don’t much care what they do. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082/100 "2005-03-31T22:53:01Z")
:o just looks like a pink 🙂 to me. I have to lean in close to even see the eyebrows that indicate embarassment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-look-sdmb/297082.md?page=6)