Just checking to see what my lame-ass username looks like all big and snappy…
I am not sure what to think of all this. I feel like I left my apartment for a few days and when I came back it had been re-painted and re-orginized.
So where is my remote?
I quite like it. The colour scheme doesn’t bother me, and the big user names, while a bit jarring initially, don’t bother me so much now. I would be happy to see the old layout with the poster name at the side though! I love the mouse preview feature! Another board I sometimes have has that feature and I have thought before now that it would be great if the sdmb would get it!
As was mentioned before, it’s really annoying to spend 5 minutes waiting for a hampster-disadvantaged thread to load only to find you aren’t interested in it. I really, really hope that this feature will stay!
I notice that many of the “new features” people like aren’t new. So far, I’ve seen several (didn’t keep count) people saying that they appreciate the buttons for the smilies, and for various coding options, and for closing tags, and for changing the font, size, and color… But we had all of those things in the previous version. At least, we had them all on the “reply” screen in the old version. The only reason you didn’t notice them before was that all those options weren’t on the quick-reply box at the bottom of the thread. Now that we don’t have the quick-reply box any more, everyone’s forced to click on the “reply” link and see all the features. But you could have seen them before, too.
As for color scheme, I’m more or less indifferent to it. But it’s probably something easily customizable in either version, which means that the administration could have changed it to this without upgrading the version, and that alternately they could probably change the current color scheme to match the old one. Most likely, though, that’s far down on their list of priorities, so the most likely action they’ll take is to just leave the colors on the default scheme (the one you’re seeing right now).
Okay.
Things I like:[ul]
[li]Pop-up thread preview[/li][li]Color scheme[/li][li]the AIM and Yahoo icons[/li][li]The new style of “quote” box[/li][/ul] Things I don’t like:[ul]
[li]Username on top of the post[/li][li]no user location[/li][li]no quick reply[/li][/ul]
Something else I noticed that no one else has mentioned - it automatically puts in your sig! WOO! I always forgot to mark the check box.
So…why was it changed? if I may ask.
I still hate it. :mad:
Not sure what I think about it yet. Were they having problems or just wanted a change?
Harumph. I liked it better before the pushpins.
Hi Opal!
Whats a pushpin?
Whoo hoo, i wanna play
:smack: :eek: 
:mad: :o
My one complaint about this new format is the time and day stamp at the top of each dialog box. Before the change, the actual date and time were displayed so that you could easily find the last message and start reading from that point. Now, the date and time stamp says “Yesterday, 7:30pm” or “Today, 5:13am”. For someone who doesn’t check out the SDMB every day, this lack of information can cause a lot of wasted work. YMMV
This is weird. I can’t say I like it much better than the older version, but I guess it takes some getting used to. And this post serves no other purpose than for me to see how it looks when posted. Toodoloo.
At first I was shocked, I thought I was at the wrong website. I know that some of these changes are temporary, so that’s my disclaimer.
What I Hope Changes:
[ul]
[li]It seems you can’t just subscribe to a thread without posting. I really hope that gets set right again.[/li][li] Bring back the logo! [/li][li]No quick reply. That was put in by popular demand anyway so I have no doubt that will come back. What a time saver. [/li][li]Bring back the location tags, they were fun and informative.[/li][li]The defined width thing annoys me; [/li]It’s like me
typing like this
all the time and
not giving you
an option on
how to display it.
[li]I don’t like the poster’s banner on the top of each post. I find that it breaks up the continuity of the reading. However, the preview window tells me that it’s possible to have it on the side still, so that’s encouraging.[/li][/ul]
What I Hope Stays:
[ul]
[li]Actually, I really like new interface, Font sizing etc. [/li][li]The default thread subscription option is good.[/li][li]The additional User Control Panel features and layout is cool.[/li][li]Love the color, it’s my favorite[/li][li]The mouse-overs are most groovey[/li][li]Seems the reply window is more “windoze standards” oriented; The typing area is white, the interface seems cleaner/neater, etc. and I like it.[/li][li]I like all the extra little manipulations you can toy with. Fun![/li][/ul]
Even though my pros and cons are pretty balanced, I still really like the new look. Good on ya SDMB staff! 
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:wally :wally :wally
The mouse seems to be very erratic when moving over the buttons in the post composition screen.
The wally smiley only has one colon.
I like it. It’s easier for me to read.
The huge usernames was, at first, distracting. But I find I’m not noticing them as much now. Location would be nice to see. (And «Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™, I still dig your username!)
The date stamp, as others have mentioned…I don’t much care for. But I LOVE the mouse-over preview and the enhanced mode reply (no guide boxes!). Very nice.
The old version had “Enchanced Mode” for replies as well. People seem to not be remembering this very well… I guess because it wasn’t the default before whereas now it is. Much of the stuff that is here in the reply screen was there on the old version as well.
I feel like the guys from Queer Eye were here, and I’m not hip enough to appreciate what they did.
Beatcha to it, Mailman -
look under ‘thread tools’ up top to subscribe/unsubscribe to a thread.
i say bring back the logo only when everything is more or less ‘finalised’ and ready for more feedback.
Blink.
Blink.
Blink.
Testing 1-2-3…
This thing on??
HI!!!
Hi!!
Hi.
Wow…everyone is so smart here…Hope Im smart enough to hang… :eek: