# What do you think of the new boards?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417 "2002-03-11T02:10:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/1 "2002-03-11T02:10:48Z")

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Aesthetically, functionally, however you want to interpret the question. What do you think of the new board software?

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**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/2 "2002-03-11T02:12:35Z")

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I have no opinion, I just wanted to post.

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**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/3 "2002-03-11T02:15:47Z")

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I’m totally digging the title option. Hee!

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**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/4 "2002-03-11T02:23:34Z")

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_Walks in, looks around_

Could use a few curtains…

Welcome back everyone!

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/5 "2002-03-11T02:24:40Z")

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It’s very fancy-looking, and there are a lot of controls. I feel like I’m sitting in the cockpit of a fighter jet. Now excuse me while I go bomb somebody.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/6 "2002-03-11T02:33:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Jadis \*  
> \*\*I’m totally digging the title option. Hee! \*\*

Damn skippy.

Hey, if I don’t call myself a loser, who will? 😛

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/7 "2002-03-11T02:34:48Z")

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I liked, that for a while there, Cafe Society was way ahead of IMHO in terms of posts.

HAH! In your FACE, **TVeblen** and **Czarcasm**!

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/8 "2002-03-11T02:40:29Z")

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Too many buttons for an old fart.

You can put the smilies right there, but you can’t make me use any.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/9 "2002-03-11T02:40:39Z")

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It’s ok, I guess. Lots of controls, and the color makes my eyes hurt, but it’s ok.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/10 "2002-03-11T02:45:54Z")

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I’m wondering how many options the admins will decide to leave enabled. I don’t like the idea of us having defacto HTML options activated.

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**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/11 "2002-03-11T02:47:57Z")

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I rather like it. Love the new stuff, but miss the smashie smiley. I think the boards look better, aesthetically and it’s pretty weird to see the fora empty… (tumbleweed blows through)

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/12 "2002-03-11T02:50:05Z")

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Is anyone else having problems accessing their profile and their preferences?

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/13 "2002-03-11T02:51:05Z")

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I like the color scheme, much better than the awful brown at the temp board.

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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/14 "2002-03-11T03:03:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by reprise \*  
> \*\*Is anyone else having problems accessing their profile and their preferences? \*\*

**TubaDiva** in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103060) thread in ATMB that she was temporarily locking the profiles.

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/15 "2002-03-11T03:03:46Z")

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I really like it and the default colors: grey, blue-gray and white are pleasant enough if not exciting. But I don’t know if I _want_ exciting colors.

The only thing that I _really_ miss from the temp board is the  
CENTER tag. \>sob\< I came to _love_ that tag.

I don’t suppose there’s an easy way to turn on that one single HTML tag without allowing the rest of HTML: whitelisting it, so-to-speak?

(I also gotta say that I miss the green “rolleyes” smiley. The yellow one’s nice, but the green…the green was perfect.)

Anyway, it’s great to be back.

Fenris

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/16 "2002-03-11T03:07:39Z")

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Once **Tuba** turns preferences back on, there’s an option in there to simplify the reply window and not have all the buttons show up when you go to make a post.

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**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/17 "2002-03-11T03:09:37Z")

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The only thing I miss are my 424 posts ☹

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**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/18 "2002-03-11T03:15:48Z")

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All the extra options cluttering up the posting page kinda remind me of all the extra ‘bloatware’ crap that ICQ, AOLIM, RealPlayer, and Windows Media player have been adding to their software over the last few updates.

It’s a refreshing and good change from the temporary boards.

I’m still trying to figure out how to do things like edit my profile and change my password.

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**Author:** ![AbsolutelyStark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@AbsolutelyStark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbsolutelyStark)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/19 "2002-03-11T03:15:52Z")

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It’s good… but I couldn’t fit my “Naked” into my username.

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-boards/97417/20 "2002-03-11T03:22:23Z")

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I love it and won’t ever, ever, complain again!

I would like to change my sig, but I know why the profile edit has been disabled for the time being.

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