# Wow **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 12, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188 "2004-01-12T22:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/1 "2004-01-12T22:03:00Z")
New board huh! Am I the first to post 😛 ? ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/2 "2004-01-12T22:04:19Z")
Perhaps you are! Wow indeed! ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/3 "2004-01-12T22:04:27Z")
Yay, Dope! I’ve been waiting for this thing to come back up. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/4 "2004-01-12T22:05:20Z")
> [@Joey P](#): > > New board huh! Am I the first to post 😛 ? Yep, and I’m the second. Tee hee! ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/5 "2004-01-12T22:05:38Z")
Here’s hoping some new hardware was installed along with this new interface. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/6 "2004-01-12T22:06:22Z")
The usernames are huge. O\_o And where’s the quick reply thing at the bottom? I miss it! But the colors are pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/7 "2004-01-12T22:06:45Z")
Well, feck! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/8 "2004-01-12T22:07:13Z")
Interesting. Not sure I like it. I think I like the poster names better on teh side. But I’m cranky like that. ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/9 "2004-01-12T22:09:32Z")
I’m wondering if this is just temporary. There is no Straight Dope Logo at the top. I will miss that if this is permanent. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/10 "2004-01-12T22:12:47Z")
The posts look like they’re in seperate sections, and the smilies are different. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/11 "2004-01-12T22:13:45Z")
If this is permanent, is there a way to change how it displays on my computer so it’s wider? At 1152x864, the board is only about half the width of the screen, centered. A lot of wasted space. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/12 "2004-01-12T22:15:17Z")
It all seems very strange to me. And these smilies look sick. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/13 "2004-01-12T22:17:44Z")
I think it looks pretty darn snazzy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/14 "2004-01-12T22:18:40Z")
These “new” smileys sure are anaemic ☹ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/15 "2004-01-12T22:23:03Z")
Hey, do we get to use different fonts now? Hey, hey, hey! Lookee this! And we gots changes to the smilies! 😛 and :rolleyes: – aw, I kinda liked them better when they were green. But I see we have degrees of rage now – frown: ☹ and really pissed: :mad: Okay, let’s send this sucker off and see how it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/16 "2004-01-12T22:23:03Z")
It’s different! I don’t like it! I fear change! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/17 "2004-01-12T22:28:41Z")
ACK! ACK! I hate it. Its like coming home to find your wife with a totally different face! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/18 "2004-01-12T22:31:29Z")
It doesnt look good in Firebird - the reply screen is all messed up, half the smilies are cut off, and the text sort of hangs off the left side of this box as I’m typing it. Please please PLEASE see if it can revert back to the old style - that worked so well! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/19 "2004-01-12T22:33:47Z")
I’m withholding my opinion until the administration finishes making all their tweaks, but so far, I’m leaning towards “not thrilled”. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/20 "2004-01-12T22:36:31Z")
Is it just me, or is this layout really, really hard to read? I’m getting a heck of a headache. That being said, I don’t think it’s permanent…I have more faith in the SDMB staff than that. But, hey, I could be wrong. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188.md?page=2)