# Things I miss with the new design.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [January 12, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201 "2004-01-12T23:26:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/1 "2004-01-12T23:26:19Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/2 "2004-01-13T01:39:17Z")
> [@](#):
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> 1. 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](http://homepages.manx.net/lobley/2002_0512_123801AA_web.JPG)
(Procudes [Lambs](http://homepages.manx.net/lobley/2002_0512_123801AA_web.JPG))
The 800x600 format is going to take some getting used to, but it’s going to be fun exploring the new version.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/3 "2004-01-13T01:43:27Z")
> [@Lobsang](#):
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> Don’t you mean the thing we’ve always been able to do?..
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> [Lambs](http://homepages.manx.net/lobley/2002_0512_123801AA_web.JPG)
> (Procudes [Lambs](http://homepages.manx.net/lobley/2002_0512_123801AA_web.JPG))
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> 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?
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/4 "2004-01-13T01:46:27Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#):
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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.
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.
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### Author:  [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/5 "2004-01-13T01:48:51Z")
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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### Author:  [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/6 "2004-01-13T01:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=The Gaspode]
1. I really don’t feel more important to have my username displayed in such a large font. And it takes up space.
[QUOTE]
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) 🙂 :rolleyes: 😕
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### Author:  [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/7 "2004-01-13T01:54:04Z")
Hey! :mad: What’s with the Casper smileys??? Are we not ethnically diverse anymore? **I demand to have my purple confusion!**
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/8 "2004-01-13T02:12:53Z")
> [@wibble](#):
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> wibble
please **l** engthe **n** my messa **g** e to **1** 0 charac_t **ers**??_???
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### Author:  [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/9 "2004-01-14T15:37:56Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/10 "2004-01-14T16:23:15Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#):
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> 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.
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> 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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### Author:  [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/11 "2004-01-14T16:36:09Z")
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[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] **New toys!** [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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### Author:  [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/12 "2004-01-14T16:44:34Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/13 "2004-01-14T18:36:14Z")
What happened to the “report this post” option?
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### Author:  [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/14 "2004-01-14T18:53:54Z")
> [@Khadaji](#):
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> 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.
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-miss-with-the-new-design/224201/15 "2004-01-15T03:41:03Z")
> [@Loopus](#):
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> 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!