# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/61 "2004-01-13T03:04:35Z")
It’ll take some getting used to. ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/62 "2004-01-13T03:05:27Z")
> [@Linear Crack](#): > > Kinda Blue Ain’t it? > > BLUE > > -L. Crack > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters. 1234567890 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/63 "2004-01-13T03:16:03Z")
All I’ve got to say is… :wally ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/64 "2004-01-13T04:35:25Z")
Well there’s an awful lot of wasted screen real estate on either side of the posts. Is this a backward compatibility thingie for hardly anyone using 640x480 or 800x600 screen resolutions? And I see a few web standards compatibility issues as well (I’m using Mozilla 1.5). This reply to thread box is cut off on the right side (not all the smilies visible), and the topic review boxes are skewed off of the right margin, too. Kudos for upgrading to the newer version. I take it the _Chicago Reader_ didn’t spring for a more robust server, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/65 "2004-01-13T04:44:20Z")
I don’t think so, because I’m actually typing this at 800x600 (my cat pissed in my other laptop), and your post takes almost the entire page. Everything seems really huge, and usernames are like a half inch tall. While we’re here, can somebody please tell me what’s up with the jewish smiley? ;j 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/66 "2004-01-13T04:46:43Z")
I haven’t been here long enough to be used to the old format, so I haven’t suffered much of a backslide on the learning curve. It’s clean and easy to read I’m willing to give it a shot. Like I have a choice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/67 "2004-01-13T04:55:58Z")
Holy crappa crap! (I said that in the other thread too) Change it back! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/68 "2004-01-13T05:02:46Z")
Oh dear… Those big user names are quite bothering; the user name, location, posts bar on the left was much better. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/69 "2004-01-13T05:03:57Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > The last time we upgraded the smilies were different, but they eventually changed them back. Hopefully they’ll do that this time too. > > Man, the board looks weird right now. Maybe I’ll get used to it, but I hope they get the layout looking more normal. They are starting to get back to normal… :smack: ;j :wally :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/70 "2004-01-13T05:21:37Z")
Well generally, I don’t like it. OTOH, new buttons to play with…Weeeeeee 😃 How am I suppose to maintain my invisible poster status with those huge frecking names up there? ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/71 "2004-01-13T05:30:20Z")
Yikes! Kind of a shock there. My heart! Not sure yet about this layout…could probably get used to it, but won’t try until it is confirmed it will look this way for awhile. I’m basically posting because I wanted to see what the reply to thread window looked like. **sees it, goes ahead and posts anyway.** ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/72 "2004-01-13T05:31:01Z")
I do like this font though. Wish it could be made my default. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/73 "2004-01-13T05:50:21Z")
Blue. So very very blue. Actually, this is the only the third time I’ve been able to look at the thing without it crashing, and my first post. Mrrrrow. It’ll take some getting used to but I think I’ll like it. But so blue. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/74 "2004-01-13T05:57:29Z")
Another thumbs up from me for the changeover – it recognises daylight saving differences. Yay! I can see the board in NZ time, now! 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/75 "2004-01-13T06:44:52Z")
Okay, I’ve decided there are three things I don’t like about this. 1. I don’t like the user names where they are. It breaks up the flow when you read one post and then feel like you have to ‘find’ the next one. I like’d one after another with nothing in between (other then a sig) 2. Holding the mouse over the subject gives you some of the content is neat, and would be GREAT since the board can be SO SLOW at times (I hate waiting five mins to find out I’m not really interested in the post). But I worry that it’s going to take the servers REALLY REALLY long to grab all that content out of all the posts. 3. I had a three, but I forgot it while I was waiting for the reply page to pop up, when I remembered why I forgot it, I remembered what it was. No quick reply. Again for a board that is this slow, they really should minimize the amount of pages the server has to load. By disabling the quick reply, they have to load another page for each reply. (It used to be two, one to tell you that your post is submitted, and one to load the new page with the added post. Now they first have to load the reply page.) But I’m sure over the next few hours/days/weeks, they’ll see what poeple like and don’t like and make appropriate tweaks. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/76 "2004-01-13T14:58:14Z")
Hmm. I don’t mind it, I think. I’d like “location” back, for the same reasons others have mentioned, but I think I kind of like the usernames on top of the posts instead of at the side. Which isn’t to say my heart would be broken if it got changed back. I’m going to go play with my control panel now. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/77 "2004-01-13T15:27:34Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > 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. I’m 1280x1024. Another board I read also recently changed to the squashed look. But [Proxomitron](http://duke.usask.ca/~macphed/prox/) can make it a little better until sanity prevails. > **[Vodafone live - Nachrichten, Games, Musik und E-Mail](https://live.vodafone.de/?utm_source=home.arcor.de&utm_medium=302)** > > Aus Arcor.de wird Vodafone live - dein E-Mail- und Service-Portal mit aktuellen News aus Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung, Wirtschaft, Digital, Auto und Liebe ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/78 "2004-01-13T15:30:55Z")
> [@Alereon](#): > > I LOVE the new color scheme. I hope they keep it when we move to the final layout. I like it too, but some complain that it’s hard on their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/79 "2004-01-13T17:08:38Z")
I like it very much. Gotta agree that the location would be nice to have back, but I prefer the user names this way, big and obvious. Makes it easier to scan for a name you want to find (course there is always ctrl+F). Having a standard width, doesn’t bother me, and is getting pretty darn usual on most websites, yahoo does it, I think google does it. Great job, the new look and feel is awesome and will be much better than the old one. Twiddle ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188/80 "2004-01-13T17:15:39Z")
Green! We need the colors to be changed to _Green!_ Darn Green, Pale Green, doesn’t matter. GREEN IS KEEN! And very restful on the eyes, too! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow/224188.md?page=5)