# Welcome **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 1999, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430 "1999-03-11T05:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/1 "1999-03-11T05:38:00Z")
Hi, and welcome to the “About This Message Board” forum. Post here if you have comments or questions about how this message board works. But please, read the [FAQ](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/faq.html) first, this will answer (we hope) the most commonly asked questions. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/2 "1999-03-11T05:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Hi, and welcome to the “About This Message Board” forum. Post here if you have comments or questions about how this message board works. But please, read the FAQ first, this will answer (we hope) the most commonly asked questions That was so important I thought it was good to repeat it. Now, who needs to know how I did that quote thing? your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/3 "1999-03-11T06:45:00Z")
I do! LOL * * * Fichchef You are a child of the Universe…blah blah blah ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/4 "1999-03-11T06:49:00Z")
Me too Tuba. How to “Quote” that is… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/5 "1999-03-11T06:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Me too Tuba. How to “Quote” that is… ``` Never mind, I read the FAQ likea good boy. :) ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/6 "1999-03-11T07:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > That was so important I thought it was good to repeat it. Now, who needs to know how I did that quote thing? > > ## I do! LOL > > Fichchef > You are a child of the Universe…blah blah blah > > Me too Tuba. How to “Quote” that is… Hi guys, GREAT to see you! Okay, it’s all about square brackets. You remember those? This time you put stuff IN 'em like so . . . the square bracket starts ([) and you put QUOTE and then the end of the bracket (]) and that turns it on . . . you cut and paste what you need to quote . . and at the end of it you put another square bracket ([)/quote(]) and that turns it off. \*\*Of course you don’t use those parenthesis, I put those around the brackets so as not to invoke the command. To see more of these fun codes, look here: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/ubbcode.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/ubbcode.html) your humble TubaDiva easy does it! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/7 "1999-03-11T07:50:00Z")
Well, I must say it is definitely more complicated, and it’s gonna take some getting used to, but I think it will be much better! You guys have done a pretty good job from what I can tell;-) * * * Money can’t buy love, but it’ll buy one more round! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/8 "1999-03-11T08:13:00Z")
CatBiker Member posted 03-11-99 12:58 AM \\quote:\\\_\_\_\_\_ Me too Tuba. How to “Quote” that is… \_\_\_\_\_\_Never mind, I read the FAQ like a good boy.\\ Sorry, Cat, I’m not picking on you; however, I just felt the need to show the Teeming Millions my favourite way of quoting on a UBB powered board and your posting seemed the most convenient. And, for those interested, the quote lines inside the quote have to me inserted manually (they’re 80 characters long. Cheers! -Chip Chip, you’ve made the line too long! I’m trying to edit this now . . . your humble TubaDiva [Note: This message has been edited by TubaDiva] [Note: This message has been edited by Ed Zotti] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/9 "1999-03-11T08:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Now, who needs to know how I did that quote thing? If I did this right, I’ll never need to know again…crossing fingers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/10 "1999-03-11T08:46:00Z")
Call me crazy, but I could’ve sworn that little lightbulbs were supposed to pop up whenever new posts were added. If this is so, it didn’t work for me. Anybody have any insight on what’s happening here? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/11 "1999-03-11T09:50:00Z")
Thanks to Monty’s 80 character quote lines, now ALL the posts run off the side of the browser, and I have to scroll back and forth to read them. Gee thanks. 😛 * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” The Teeming Millions Homepage: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/12 "1999-03-11T10:00:00Z")
OpalCat Member posted 03-11-99 03:50 AM \\quote:\\ Thanks to Monty’s 80 character quote lines, now ALL the posts run off the side of the browser, and I have to scroll back and forth to read them. Gee thanks. :P\\ Sorry about that, Opal. Maybe this will help: next time I quote something within a quote, I’ll try it this way: \\quote:\\ * * * example * * * The above is an example.\\ Another thing is the UBB, supposedly, resizes to your browser window. How it does this, I haven’t the faintest. Sometimes minimizing and then restoring the browswer window works, sometimes it doesn’t. Cheers! -Chip Chip, if you use that command again, I will kill you. Are we clear on that? your humble TubaDiva PS I DO love you. But don’t do this. [Note: This message has been edited by TubaDiva] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/13 "1999-03-11T11:44:00Z")
StaceyLyn writes: > [@](#): > > Call me crazy, but I could’ve sworn that little lightbulbs were supposed to pop up whenever new posts were added. If this is so, it didn’t work for me. Anybody have any insight on what’s happening here? Stacey, are you not seeing the light bulbs at all? If so, this may be because you have cookies turned off on your browser. Alternatively - and I don’t know how this would have occurred in your case - you may have “favorite placed” a version of the SDMB URL with “Cookies=False” at the end of it, which disables cookies. At any rate, I had this problem myself for a while and cookies were at the bottom of it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/14 "1999-03-11T12:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > … and cookies were at the bottom of it. GOT MILK? sorry, couldn’t help myself. 🙂 * * * [bold]SIMFOG ;)[/bold] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/15 "1999-03-11T12:21:00Z")
Boy, oh boy, oh boy. This is going to take some getting used to. But I can`t get any profiles up. First two I tried were fine, and now none. * * * Granny ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/16 "1999-03-11T14:06:00Z")
I think I’ve successfully navigated through all the hoops in order to post a reply. I can get used to anything, but please don’t make me scroll back and forth in order to read messages! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/17 "1999-03-11T14:24:00Z")
I have to agree with the previous posters on this one…this scrolling left-to-right-to-left is getting old in a hurry. Granted, I have a short fuse this morning, so that may attribute to my ire. Also, is there a spell check feature anywhere in here? * * * Jeremy… I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/18 "1999-03-11T16:59:00Z")
There’s currently no spell checker; possibly this may be included in a future upgrade. The right-to-left scrolling thing happens when somebody types in a long line without any spaces between characters. Ain’t namin’ no names here, but that’s what happened on this thread. Normally the text adjusts to the size of the browser window. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/19 "1999-03-11T19:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s currently no spell checker; possibly this may be included in a future upgrade. The right-to-left scrolling thing happens when somebody types in a long line without any spaces between characters. Ain’t namin’ no names here, but that’s what happened on this thread. Normally the text adjusts to the size of the browser window. Okay, I just did some editing, which I hope has fixed our line overrun problem. (Again, Monty, don’t make me come to your house and hurt you.) I see the AOL Spell Checker does not work in this application. Damn! your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 1999, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430/20 "1999-03-11T19:53:00Z")
NO C&P I solved the scrolling-back-and-forth problem the old-fashioned way…I maximized the window. and it works just fine that way. Or were y’all talking about something else? * * * Dick Macy I couldn’t care less about apathy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430.md?page=2)