Things I miss with the new design.

I guess there’s gonna be multiple threads and I’ve already detected some complaints in the ‘Wow’, thread, and then of course, there’s Q.E.D.s thread about bugs.

This is my attempt at a request thread.

  1. I can’t see ‘location’ next to the user name. I know a lot of Dopers have cryptic locations listed, or are just playing silly buggers, but since this is quite an international board, I find it very helpful to know where the posters are at. Having to check the poster’s location by clicking to see the profile will only serve to cause Harm to Hamsters™.
  2. As someone said, the columns don’t re-adjust when I change the sixe of the browser window. That’s not good.
  3. I really don’t feel more important to have my username displayed in such a large font. And it takes up space.
  4. I might be too tired, but I can’t find that nifty feature where one labels a huge URL and give it a brief description.

Don’t you mean the thing we’ve always been able to do?..

Lambs
(Procudes Lambs)

The 800x600 format is going to take some getting used to, but it’s going to be fun exploring the new version.

(Wondering how long this speediness will last, as more and more people find out it’s now working)

The Gaspode I realize what you mean now, I think. Do you mean a description that appears as a hint or in the status bar?

I can see why the software does that – to make the username stand out when set inline with posts, as in the current layout. But let’s wait and see whether the layout gets changed as they reinstall the SD modifications, as Tuba mentioned in Billdo’s thread.

Add me to the people who hope the narrow table width gets changed, or is able to be changed in the CP.

In the reply box there is an icon that looks like a globe. That’s the “insert hyperlink” button.

I don’t like the screen size at all. My desktop is 1280 x 1024 with a 19" monitor, and there’s a good 2.5 to 3 inches of grey on either side of the column that now makes up the board.

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  1. I really don’t feel more important to have my username displayed in such a large font. And it takes up space.

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Jumpin’ Jehosephat! It’s like someone’s screaming! CRAYONS IS HEEEEEERE!

Um, quotes go off my screen. (And I doo have a screen that sould be okay with 800X600).

Smiley test!.. (hoping they aren’t all white like Casper) :slight_smile: :rolleyes: :confused:

Hey! :mad: What’s with the Casper smileys??? Are we not ethnically diverse anymore? I demand to have my purple confusion!

please lengthen my message to 10 characters?????

I don’t mind the ‘automatically subscribed if you post to a thread’, but often I want to follow a thread and have nothing useful to say.

Please say there’s a way to sub other than posting some crap for the sake of subbing.

I have no doubt the mods will fix that! The last thing they want is posts that contribute nothing to the thread!

Smilies have color again. Yay!

Want back: Quick-reply box, visible locations, ability to search by username.

Like: Mouseover OP feature and the way quotes look.

Don’t like: The narrow columns and having to log in repeatedly.

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Yesterday I couldn’t post. I don’t know why. I love all the new features and such, especially the Roll-Over preview. The only complaint I have is this new layout. I want the old SDMB format back! To me, this feels like we’re back in the Winter of Lost Content again.

What happened to the “report this post” option?

I believe that’s the exclamation mark button in the upper right-hand corner of the post.

Oooooooooooh! It doesn’t say “Report this post”; it says “Report bad post”!

Bad post! Bad post! To the corner with you!