Feels like we're walking the boxspring, couch, and all those cardboard cubes full of pots/plates through the door. It's time to move in. I have a few thoughts, and this seems as good a place as any to put them:
(1) Message board people are terrific at complaining about small changes in layout, even when those changes are better than what came before. I can be like that. It's difficult for me to separate the friction I experience with a website merely because it's just different (implying that soon I'll adapt and see the new thing as neutral or better) versus the friction I feel because there's a genuine problem.
This site seems pretty great, and I'm as thankful as anyone for it; still, I do at first blush have three examples. Hopefully I convey them constructively:
(a) the emoticons seem kind of teeny-bopperish [is it possible to add (or trade for) a more basic set?],
(b) the margins seem kind of narrow. As a consequence, much less text fits on the screen than at the last place [is it possible to indirectly solve that by reducing the font, if not directly by widening the margins?]
(c) if we widen the margins, I suppose the adverts would have to be placed more like at the last place (top, bottom, and in a stripe along the midsection) [I did happen to prefer that. Is it possible?]
(2) Since I have the freedom now, I'll be switching my screen name. CIMHB was better than dudekd (basically, my name), but despite being my eternal homeboy, the "C" is pretty outdated by now. So I have another s/n awaiting admin approval. This is a throwaway comment unless there's a "one s/n per IP address" rule, in which case, YOU GUYS, please, YOU GUYS, don't kick me out, YOU GUYS! :- )
