# Wow, I hate this new format **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 6, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610 "2017-09-06T05:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/201 "2017-09-07T07:11:25Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Is there a way to get the multiquoting to work? Other than by copying quotes and pasting them all into a reply box? > [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > I can’t figure out a way besides copy/paste. But I am guessing they will fix this glitch, since it clearly ought to work. > [@Debillw3](#): > > Click the multi-quote icon, instead of just the words. > [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Doesn’t work on Chrome or Safari using Mac OS 10.3.1 Works with Edge and Chrome in Windows. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/202 "2017-09-07T07:21:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Is there a way to get the multiquoting to work? Other than by copying quotes and pasting them all into a reply box? > [@Debillw3](#): > > Click the multi-quote icon, instead of just the words. OK, that worked for me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Debillw3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/203 "2017-09-07T07:29:54Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Doesn’t work on Chrome or Safari using Mac OS 10.3.1 Out of curiosity (I have no ideas beyond that), does the icon image change when you click it, from the word bubble with a plus sign to quote marks? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/204 "2017-09-07T12:18:27Z")
I meant to say I wanted to see Last Posted To a thread on my phone. Is that possible? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/205 "2017-09-07T12:20:00Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I meant to say I wanted to see Last Posted To a thread on my phone. Is that possible? > > Regards, > Shodan If you can request the desktop view in your browser, you can do that. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/206 "2017-09-07T13:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Darth Vader is > > Luke’s father. > [@](#): > > Bruce Willis is > > Dead in the Sixth Sense. > [@](#): > > Rose bud is > > A sled. > [@](#): > > Aren’t you glad I > > Spoilered these for you? Pretty much kills Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/207 "2017-09-07T13:30:54Z")
Tried doing anything with ```auto yesterday or today? [It's a disaster.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20463825&postcount=1642) ``` ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/208 "2017-09-07T15:49:13Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Pretty much kills Cafe Society. And so much for the 2 click rule. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/209 "2017-09-07T15:57:31Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#): > > If you hate the new look, try [**BigT** ’s userscript.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835640) It’s site specific and makes the SDMB look not fucked up. I heartily second this recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/210 "2017-09-07T16:12:42Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#): > > If you hate the new look, try [**BigT** ’s userscript.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835640) It’s site specific and makes the SDMB look not fucked up. It doesn’t affect the code and spoiler box tags. They’re still messed up. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/211 "2017-09-07T16:36:51Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The ads appear to be breaking my “Back” function again, too. I have to right-click the back button in my browser to actually bypass an ad url to get back to the previous page. It may be coincidental, but it started again today, and worked fine yesterday. That’s not a broken button, that is a feature of how the ads load. Every time an ad loads, it creates a page in the back list. It’s annoying, but common. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/212 "2017-09-07T17:02:30Z")
Good heavens! My personal life motto is “All change is bad,” but I don’t have anywhere near the issues you people all have. More white space means fewer threads fit on the screen means I scroll more. Oh, the humanity! I like the blue bars and the lime green highlighting. I’m seeing fewer ads — of the kind that overlay the page and I have to click to make go away — than I have in at least a year. Bravo! There used to be one ad embedded in the thread (I don’t know what terminology to use — sorry) immediately after the first post. I always scrolled right past without even looking at it. Now there are several ads embedded in the thread, I guess, because so many people mentioned them. I didn’t notice because I scrolled right past without even looking at them. One thing that is a problem, and several people have mentioned it, is that the page you’re on is no longer boldfaced or otherwise delineated. I could live with that if I had to, annoying as it is, but I’m guessing it’s a bug and will be fixed. Plus, I absolutely love the idea of “go to first new post” and “put multiple quotes in your reply.” I’m going to use that first one almost constantly. (Someone said we had multi quotes in the earlier version, but I never knew that; I’d just copy and paste.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/213 "2017-09-07T17:24:33Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Pretty much kills Cafe Society. Broken spoiler boxes, bad. And people were asking for a spoiler button in the formatting row. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/214 "2017-09-07T17:37:47Z")
WTF, over??!! PLEASE, at least allow for desktop view. This new format is virtually unusable on my old iPhone. Jeeze Louise. If it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/215 "2017-09-07T19:00:33Z")
> [@Common\_Tater](#): > > WTF, over??!! > > PLEASE, at least allow for desktop view. This new format is virtually unusable on my old iPhone. > > Jeeze Louise. If it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it. Or: If it ain’t broke, fix it 'til it _is_. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/216 "2017-09-07T19:48:09Z")
> [@Debillw3](#): > > Out of curiosity (I have no ideas beyond that), does the icon image change when you click it, from the word bubble with a plus sign to quote marks? It does today (not sure if it did yesterday or not). But the multi-quote function works today, whether I click the words or the icon, so it looks like someone did some tweaking. Works on both safari & chrome. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/217 "2017-09-07T19:56:48Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > The red boxes beside new threads are garish and seem to have little purpose. They have the same purpose they had last month, and for however many years before that. I do agree about their garishness. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/218 "2017-09-07T20:12:41Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Plus, I absolutely love the idea of “go to first new post” and “put multiple quotes in your reply.” I’m going to use that first one almost constantly. (Someone said we had multi quotes in the earlier version, but I never knew that; I’d just copy and paste.) 😕 I’ve been using both of those features for years. Now if “Go to first unread post” really would go to the first unread post, instead of to the first one posted after I last closed my browser… ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/219 "2017-09-07T20:16:35Z")
Reading this new format is like trying to read an essay printed on an old-fashioned sailor uniform. The dark bars and extra white space make scanning a page frustrating and hard on the eyes. This “upgrade” does not seem to add any benefits and in fact greatly reduces readability. (Tech note: Viewing in Chrome on a wide-screen monitor.) Also, the opt-out signature checkbox is going to lead to many more signatures being displayed. Is that really what we want? HEY! IT WENT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS WHILE I WAS PREVIEWING! I’m magic 🙂 Edited to add: Nope, went back to the prison stripes. I feel less magical now ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610/220 "2017-09-07T20:40:31Z")
Well, I’ve been using the new format for two days now. Trying to read SDMB as normal… still not getting used to it. It’s giving me eye strain. Please, can’t we go back to the old format? (I also checked it on my iphone in Safari. The font is large enough to read there, but everything else I hate.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-this-new-format/795610.md?page=12)