# Which version of the SDMB are you currently using? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737 "2017-09-19T17:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/1 "2017-09-19T17:05:09Z")
is it v.7.3(Original Recipe), the newer Sultantheme’s Responsive vB3-blue(Extra Crispy), or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/2 "2017-09-19T17:07:58Z")
I am using Original Recipe…but I check back often to see what is being done with the newbie and may change over if I like the improvements. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/3 "2017-09-19T17:49:28Z")
Wait, this question [was already asked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836618). As another poll. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/4 "2017-09-19T17:59:23Z")
Dammit! Have asked mods for a mercy killing. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/5 "2017-09-19T21:33:29Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Wait, this question [was already asked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836618). As another poll. Both polls show about 80% have switched back to the old version. I hope Ed Z. uses this to pay hid overseas contractors only about 20% of their asking price! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/6 "2017-09-19T21:58:59Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Both polls show about 80% have switched back to the old version. The percentage would probably be even higher were more people to know that switching is an option. Several posters in the other poll thread didn’t know about it and were delighted to learn they could switch. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/7 "2017-09-19T22:19:00Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > The percentage would probably be even higher were more people to know that switching is an option. Several posters in the other poll thread didn’t know about it and were delighted to learn they could switch. And it would probably be lower if it weren’t a self-selecting poll that is more heavily weighted to people who care about the theme. I think a poll that broke it down by device would be more interesting. I’m sure that many of the people who switched back to the old theme on desktop are using the new theme on mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/8 "2017-09-19T23:39:02Z")
On desktop, I’m using the new theme in conjunction with **BigT’s** [userscript](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835640) so I selected “other”. If it weren’t for the userscript I’d use the original theme. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/9 "2017-09-20T00:07:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > is it v.7.3(Original Recipe), the newer Sultantheme’s Responsive vB3-blue(Extra Crispy), or something else? > [@gnoitall](#): > > Wait, this question [was already asked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836618). As another poll. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Dammit! Have asked mods for a mercy killing. Am I invisible? Do I not have a voice! ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/10 "2017-09-20T02:37:53Z")
I think they pulled the trigger on theme switching too early, though. Not sure if they’re going to have enough eyeballs on the new theme to really work things out. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/11 "2017-09-20T03:28:09Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > I think they pulled the trigger on theme switching too early, though. Not sure if they’re going to have enough eyeballs on the new theme to really work things out. The one thing that really gets me about the new theme is those fake ads. They’re real ads, but worse, in that they don’t even serve the purpose of giving money to the site. They’re just visual pollution to absolutely no end, from our perspective. Why keep those? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-the-sdmb-are-you-currently-using/796737/12 "2017-09-20T03:39:07Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Wait, this question [was already asked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836618). As another poll. In between answering the two polls I found the switch to get the original back again. So this one was not entirely superfluous.