# The New Message Board is a Little Depressing (plus test)...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [January 13, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265 "2004-01-13T17:26:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/1 "2004-01-13T17:26:31Z")
Not to be critical, but the new message board is a little depressing. I mean, making everything **blue**? Reminds me of Jay Leno’s **all purple** set when he first started the Tonight Show by himself in 1992. Outside of that, I don’t have too many problems with it. The way you log in is a little different, but I could get used to it. Also, it seems easier, for me at least, to do certain things, like use the **bold** and _italics_ feature. Now I can just highlight the word I want before bold/italics it. I couldn’t do that before for some reason.
Anyways, I did want to do a URL test. [Adorable kittens.](http://pages.sssnet.com/sinsation/cgi-bin/bltabbyg&b11.jpg) Just in case that didn’t work, I will try it again: [adorable kittens.](http://pages.sssnet.com/sinsation/cgi-bin/bltabbyg&b11.jpg) And now the link by itself: [http://pages.sssnet.com/sinsation/cgi-bin/bltabbyg&b11.jpg](http://pages.sssnet.com/sinsation/cgi-bin/bltabbyg&b11.jpg)
🙂
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/2 "2004-01-13T17:51:21Z")
I hope you will all pardon me while I test out some of the new features.
And one more test:
> [@](#):
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> To be or not to be.
> _from Shakespeare’s Hamlet._
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### Author:  [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/3 "2004-01-13T18:03:58Z")
> [@Jim B.](#):
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> I hope you will all pardon me while I test out some of the new features.
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> And one more test:
A quick test post of my own.
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### Author:  [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/4 "2004-01-14T05:45:40Z")
awwwwww!!! I loooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeee [kitties!!!](http://lightingthepath.fws1.com/kittens.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/5 "2004-01-14T05:49:04Z")
Popups that change size so you miss the X. pop_unders_ that hide. Urge to kill _rising._
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### Author:  [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/6 "2004-01-14T06:11:03Z")
So I was the only one who reloaded the page twice thinking I’d hit the wrong bookmark?
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### Author:  [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/7 "2004-01-14T06:15:52Z")
Can’t get the smilies to fly?.. Win-98se … Opera 6.01
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/8 "2004-01-14T06:33:30Z")
Now _that’s_ more like it! **And I do like it.** Like it matters!
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### Author:  [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/9 "2004-01-16T04:58:06Z")
I’mlikingthatwecanplayaroundwiththesenewfonts… thankGodthereisnowingdings.
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### Author:  [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/10 "2004-01-16T05:02:48Z")
or spaces… :smack:
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### Author:  [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/11 "2004-01-16T05:08:59Z")
So if I just type a url in plain text like this : [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) , does it make it into a link for me?
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### Author:  [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-message-board-is-a-little-depressing-plus-test/224265/12 "2004-01-16T05:11:22Z")
or spaces… :smack: