MacRumors Forum Skin [Archive]

arn

Jul 20, 2003, 05:06 PM

hey all,

I was considering changing the forum skin in the near future.

In a preliminary look around, it seems that the choices are limited... and may make more sense to go to a custom theme.

So, let me put out some feelers and ask - is there anyone with vbulletin theme/skin-ing experience?

arn

scem0

Jul 20, 2003, 08:50 PM

I think it would be best to stay away from an OS X styled forum.

OS X themes on mac sites is getting cliche and most mac users stare at OS X all day in the first place.

Something very elegant would be nice.

scem0

arn

Jul 20, 2003, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by scem0
I think it would be best to stay away from an OS X styled forum.

OS X themes on mac sites is getting cliche and most mac users stare at OS X all day in the first place.

Something very elegant would be nice.

scem0

yeah... there is an os x styled forum theme available here - but was always just a test - unforutnately, some people got used to it... but when the new style is done, we'll consolidate to one theme only.

arn

Stike

Jul 20, 2003, 09:13 PM

Originally posted by arn
yeah... there is an os x styled forum theme available here - but was always just a test - unforutnately, some people got used to it... but when the new style is done, we'll consolidate to one theme only.

arn

Well, that makes me kinda sad, because I use the OS X style, and I think the old style is quite ugly in comparison. And it works really good, as it is "just a test" :)

I will not rebel against a new style though, I just hope it has some Apple-Touch ;) but please: No Brushed Metal, okay? :p

mac15

Jul 20, 2003, 09:15 PM

make sure you find someone who can code it well. And find someone you trust to code/design it, cause over at funmac some bastard half coded it took ambitiouslemons money and took off.

So look around

MrMacMan

Jul 20, 2003, 09:22 PM

Yeah I don't prefer the Os X theme, personally I look at it all day, I don't need another one.

job

Jul 20, 2003, 11:48 PM

A nice dark background with light text might look nice.

Durandal7

Jul 20, 2003, 11:52 PM

I think that it may look good with more dark red and blue tones to match the front page on a white background instead of gray. Whatever you decide on try to keep it simple since the OS X theme seems a bit bloated.

Royal Pineapple

Jul 21, 2003, 12:09 AM

whatever you decide im sure it will be good as long as it is keep it simple, personally i would enjoy a brushed metal look , but others have spoken against that, perhaps a few options.
personally i like the grey as it is.

BaghdadBob

Jul 21, 2003, 12:27 AM

I think the current theme is alright. It's easy on the eyes and lends itself to a nice neutral backdrop to all the uploaded art...and my superior avatar!

As long as future themes don't lose these qualities I'm sure it'll be fine.

Howabout something that looks like the old dark space legos? I mean, Lego™ bricks.

mactastic

Jul 21, 2003, 12:33 AM

Sounds cool. I don't really care what it looks like to tell you the truth, the site is what it is because of the people not the look, but anyway! I digress. I use the osx version, but only cuz I got used to it. I'm excited to see a new one!

scem0

Jul 21, 2003, 01:06 AM

Originally posted by arn
yeah... there is an os x styled forum theme available here - but was always just a test - unforutnately, some people got used to it... but when the new style is done, we'll consolidate to one theme only.

arn

yeah - i already use the mac os x theme.

It looks much better than the default theme.

But I'd prefer something less mac oriented - but looks better than the default theme.

scem0

pretentious

Jul 21, 2003, 01:38 AM

Keep it simple please.

I tried the OS X theme, I didn't like it as much as the defalt and it seamed to be too graphics heavy and made it slower to load.

pseudobrit

Jul 21, 2003, 02:10 AM

Well, if everyone agrees that since we all look at OS X all day and need a change, why not make it look like Windows XP instead? Or better yet, Windows 1.0 -- how long has it been since you saw that "GUI"?

The word I'd like to use when describing the look would be "sharp." Not too bubbly like OS X, not too bland and boring like the default vBulletin, but somewhere off on a tangent with a futuristic feel.

benjaminpg

Jul 21, 2003, 02:27 AM

My main request is to please keep it simple. Personally, I find I like the default theme very much, simple, easy to read, and over all nice to look at. I agree that you shouldn't try to use Aqua windows, etc. for the reasons stated above. It just feels too cluttered and distracting.

The reason it is fine for use in the OS is that it is not closely packed like the current OS X/Aqua theme, and therefore doesn't interfere with the contents.

If the new theme is much different, it would be very nice if the old one was kept in case some people don't like the change, since the current one has served very well.

At any rate, use your judgement and people will probably be happy. Thanks for running such a great site, arn.

maradong

Jul 21, 2003, 04:48 AM

maradong

Jul 21, 2003, 04:52 AM

At any rate, use your judgement and people will probably be happy. Thanks for running such a great site, arn.
my words ;-)

Keep it simple please.

my opinion as well,
just try to get a dark background and a clear text. That certainly doesn t look so nice, but when hanging for some time in the forums, a clear background gives you an aking head. at least for me. So please make it white on black or something coming near to it ;-) => a little design can never be bad.

and, why not add some other skins ? i don t see where the problem is giving people tha ability to choose between tons of skins ;-)

crenz

Jul 21, 2003, 06:00 AM

Originally posted by maradong
just try to get a dark background and a clear text. That certainly doesn t look so nice, but when hanging for some time in the forums, a clear background gives you an aking head. at least for me. So please make it white on black or something coming near to it ;-) => a little design can never be bad.

Huh? That is quite contrary to my own experience and to the research I heard of. I can read black on gray at least 2x faster than white on black... I tend to not read web pages with white font on black background at all since it is too much of an effort and gives me a headache after a while. Most Usability researchers seem to agree with that.

I find the current theme quite easy to read.

scem0

Jul 21, 2003, 05:14 PM

Many people are saying 'keep it simple' etc. but I would rather have something extravagant, but you could choose to remain with the default theme if you choose.

The extravagant theme would take longer to load so it wouldn't be the best for dialup users. I was thinking of something that pieces a whole bunch of images pieced together to make a very neat looking logo at the top (most likely using a table).

But I do think that whatever you do will look good - but that is just what I would like to see.

scem0

Kwyjibo

Jul 21, 2003, 05:26 PM

i'd like to see extra options for demi-gods....it would be a good reason to contribute too.

VIREBEL661

Jul 21, 2003, 06:51 PM

I LIKE brushed metal!!! - Oh, whatever - ever the minority...

hvfsl

Jul 21, 2003, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by arn
hey all,

I was considering changing the forum skin in the near future.

In a preliminary look around, it seems that the choices are limited... and may make more sense to go to a custom theme.

So, let me put out some feelers and ask - is there anyone with vbulletin theme/skin-ing experience?

arn

What about a Windows XP style one or Linux KDE version of Aqua. It is not as good as Apple Aqua or brushed, but too many websites have these now.

MrMacMan

Jul 22, 2003, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by scem0
Many people are saying 'keep it simple' etc. but I would rather have something extravagant, but you could choose to remain with the default theme if you choose.

The extravagant theme would take longer to load so it wouldn't be the best for dialup users. I was thinking of something that pieces a whole bunch of images pieced together to make a very neat looking logo at the top (most likely using a table).

But I do think that whatever you do will look good - but that is just what I would like to see.

scem0
Extravagent, would you like there to be flashing lights and sound or something?

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
i'd like to see extra options for demi-gods....it would be a good reason to contribute too.
And extra cheese, you need the extra cheese. :p

Even though I like 'classic' theme, a more colorful theme would be nice.

Taking after apple or another OS I think would be bad because styles chance (reletivly) fast.

Tequila Grandma

Jul 22, 2003, 05:04 AM

Originally posted by crenz
Huh? That is quite contrary to my own experience and to the research I heard of. I can read black on gray at least 2x faster than white on black... I tend to not read web pages with white font on black background at all since it is too much of an effort and gives me a headache after a while. Most Usability researchers seem to agree with that.

I find the current theme quite easy to read.
I couldn't agree more wholeheartedly. There are a couple boards I would probably frequent much more often if it were not for the white-on-black color scheme. I'm currently using the OSX theme, and while it can seem a bit tacky, the colors work nicely. In my experience, a simple black text over light grey background is most pleasing to the eye.

tazo

Jul 22, 2003, 02:39 PM

i think the mac os is fine, but i think allowing the demis to pick from like 2 skin options would be best. and like someone else has said, even more of a reason to contribute.

Kwyjibo

Jul 22, 2003, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by MrMacman

And extra cheese, you need the extra cheese. :p

I'm not even sure what you mean.

thans tazo for supporting my idea

tazo

Jul 22, 2003, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
I'm not even sure what you mean.

thans tazo for supporting my idea

no prob.

i think the cheese, extra cheese comment is supposed to mean there needs to be more motivation to contribute.

I donated because i like the site, the people on it, and because i spend so much time here ;) :p

maradong

Jul 23, 2003, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by crenz
Huh? That is quite contrary to my own experience and to the research I heard of. I can read black on gray at least 2x faster than white on black... I tend to not read web pages with white font on black background at all since it is too much of an effort and gives me a headache after a while. Most Usability researchers seem to agree with that.

I find the current theme quite easy to read.
thats why i said let s do numerous skins,
so that everybody can chose the one which suits the best for him/her.
I prefer clear on dark in forums and in chat clients, and the negative of it in "real life"

BaghdadBob

Jul 23, 2003, 05:04 PM

Hey Arn -- maybe you could use some more desat colors in the alternation patter in the forums, maybe to designate rank, etc, like for mods, members, regulars, and all the processors.

Perhaps this is a solution to the problem the contributors have of not being able to track their progress through the ranks, give them a distinguishing background color for their posts.

You could still have the alternating effect with higher and lower light levels, just make them all really desat, except maybe the sidebar with the member info.

It would be like a beautiful rainbow :) :) :) :) :) :) .... :)

BTW, how many posts to achieve 970?

I'll PS an example of what I was thinking after I eat my pasta...

scem0

Jul 23, 2003, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by MrMacman
Extravagent, would you like there to be flashing lights and sound or something?

no - I mean... okay this is going to be hard to explain because I don't even know exactly what I want it to look like.

I want it to be white and flowing..... now that makes very little sense. I don't want to say I want it to look matrimonial - because that is just strange, but I do want it to be all white and shades of light grey. Let me find a sight that may kind of show what I'm looking for.

not a single site out there :o.

This site (http://www.whokilledtheidea.bmw.com/) kind of shows what I'm looking for, with the all white and grey, during the flash intro.

Having flash would be cool, but definitely not necessary.

scem0

TEG

Jul 23, 2003, 05:51 PM

I really like the OSX theme, its nice, and easy to use on many computers. However, if you *HAVE* to change it, please try to finding an easy to use format. Perhapse a LCARS style, or even a Panther style (OSX sans pinstripes).

TEG

MrMacMan

Jul 23, 2003, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
I'm not even sure what you mean.

thans tazo for supporting my idea

Originally posted by tazo
no prob.

i think the cheese, extra cheese comment is supposed to mean there needs to be more motivation to contribute.

I donated because i like the site, the people on it, and because i spend so much time here ;) :p

Well at first I mean that adding things for contrubitors is always good, but only if he has extra time to do it.

And you guys are asking alot.

Scem0 I get what your saying.

BaghdadBob

Jul 24, 2003, 12:26 AM

But it should at least give you some idea of what I was talking about. It may take some work, but I thought it would be a way to spice things up without making it too visually complex or slow to load.

Imagine all the text is still black, the screen capture sure did stink. No fidelity. What is up with that?

[Edit:] On second thought imagine less color saturation too.

MrMacMan

Jul 24, 2003, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
But it should at least give you some idea of what I was talking about. It may take some work, but I thought it would be a way to spice things up without making it too visually complex or slow to load.

Imagine all the text is still black, the screen capture sure did stink. No fidelity. What is up with that?

[Edit:] On second thought imagine less color saturation too.

Cool... its like my post... was colorized.

:cool:

D0ct0rteeth

Jul 24, 2003, 01:56 AM

how about this (http://mythologieproductions.com/macrumors.jpg)

-Doc

TEG

Jul 24, 2003, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by D0ct0rteeth
how about this (http://mythologieproductions.com/macrumors.jpg)

-Doc

I like it, bu it would be nice if the upper bars were darker, the text darker, and the user could select the color.... Also how about picking other colors for the current default theme??

TEG

MacFan25

Jul 24, 2003, 02:13 PM

I think it should be something simple, but elegant. I liked DoctorTeeth's idea, but I think it should be a little bit darker.

vniow

Jul 24, 2003, 05:55 PM

One thing I do like about the OSX theme is the profile box is centered and sort of independent, avatars for example are in the middle of the box, not off to the side like in the default one, see the screenie below for what I'm talking about (if you're using the default theme):

scem0

Jul 25, 2003, 06:44 PM

Originally posted by D0ct0rteeth
how about this (http://mythologieproductions.com/macrumors.jpg)

-Doc

I really like that!

Not exactly what I was looking for, but I think that that has the potential to be better than the OS X theme.

Nice work :).

scem0

BaghdadBob

Jul 25, 2003, 07:00 PM

Yeah, the *teeth theme is cool if it wasn't so faded, and of course it needs to be window-scalable. I friggin hate forums that don't scale, they are so annoying to read at a narrow width.

So -- more contrast, scalability, an artistic tweak here an there, and I think we have a contender.

Although, how about OS X themed buttons? Just the buttons. I think they look good.

pEZ

Jul 25, 2003, 08:17 PM

Actually, that theme is very Pantheresque - for those of you who have Panther, back me up on this one.

wdlove

Jul 27, 2003, 06:20 PM

Eniregnat

Jul 30, 2003, 08:08 PM

Keep it simple and easy to read.

Perhaps if you took the OSX brushed mettle and did something different with it. Isn't one of the tenets of good graphic design is taking the old and making it new? Perhaps the same brushed look with a nice dark petina (showing an long established connection to Apple), and for the lettering something that looks like it was freshly etched buttons, even just a light gray against the background(showing that it is fresh and new). A dark text against an easy to read background is nice or go super retro. Go green monochrome, just like the Apple //s.

mnkeybsness

Jul 31, 2003, 11:13 PM

people spend hours just reading discussions in the forums. always remember that when your audience is going to be doing a lot of reading to be nice to their eyes. use light backgrounds with dark text.

i also like what vniow said about how in the current os x theme the avatar's are centered in the user box. it's a very small, but nice touch.

perhaps two versions may work...that is, if it is decided to go on with the mac os x gui look...one version for aqua, the other for metal. i know there are a lot of mixed feelings around the boards here on which people like more. let's give them a choice!

cb911

Aug 3, 2003, 08:34 AM

one thing i think the forum should not have is any sort of special stuff to make mods etc stand out. don't forget that the number of posts was taken away because people were just posting useless stuff to get their post count up a bit.

but i would like to see the # of posts back under the user names. ;) it kinda helps to give you a bit of a 'knowledgeable' feel whenever your posting. so that people know that you've been around a while and know your stuff, so they'll know not to argue with or question you. ;) :p :D

mnkeybsness

Aug 3, 2003, 02:18 PM

Originally posted by cb911
but i would like to see the # of posts back under the user names. ;) it kinda helps to give you a bit of a 'knowledgeable' feel whenever your posting. so that people know that you've been around a while and know your stuff, so they'll know not to argue with or question you. ;) :p :D

that is what the user rankings are for. the only problem is, a lot of members (mostly newbies) don't really understand the processor numbers, and get a little confused. another problem is the "Demi-God/Goddess" ranking from donating. all of a sudden, i see these random people that have never posted before using avatars and acting like they know everything just because of the "demi-god" ranking. i did notice that the expiration date was added to them, but it is still very confusing. i would rather see the ranking be titled "contributor" and only allow them to choose from a gallery of avatars, unless they have acheived the 6502 ranking.

arn

Aug 3, 2003, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by mnkeybsness
another problem is the "Demi-God/Goddess" ranking from donating. all of a sudden, i see these random people that have never posted before using avatars and acting like they know everything just because of the "demi-god" ranking.

DemiGod's don't automatically get avatars. They have to reach 500 posts just like everyone else.

arn

BaghdadBob

Aug 3, 2003, 08:50 PM

I personally don't like the idea of centering the avatars from a design standpoint. In the left margin it is where one would expect most similar design elemnts to go. But that's just me.

So, we've had a lot of ideas here, (any comments arn?) but who is actually willing to put one together?

funkywhat2

Aug 4, 2003, 02:08 AM

Lets see an OS 9 theme, get back to the good old days. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

BaghdadBob

Aug 4, 2003, 03:22 AM

Originally posted by funkywhat2
Lets see an OS 9 theme, get back to the good old days. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Quit drinkin that Hate-R-Ade, yo.

scem0

Aug 4, 2003, 07:45 AM

Originally posted by funkywhat2
Lets see an OS 9 theme, get back to the good old days. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

ewwwwwwww nobody even think about wasting their time making an OS 9 type theme.

That would be ugly-boogly.

Someone should try to create doctorteeth's layout. I think it looks awesome.

scem0

cb911

Aug 5, 2003, 04:43 AM

i guess this is a good a place as any to ask this: what do the descriptions mean. like 'macrumors 6502' and '68000'? these are something to do with processor numbers?:confused:

mnkeybsness

Aug 5, 2003, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by cb911
i guess this is a good a place as any to ask this: what do the descriptions mean. like 'macrumors 6502' and '68000'? these are something to do with processor numbers?:confused:

yes, they are processor numbers. vniow broke up the ranking for post numbers in this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33346&highlight=6502+68020). also there is mention of what each processor is, briefly, in this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23607)

BaghdadBob

Aug 5, 2003, 03:46 PM

Is there a MacRumors FAQ? This would be easily answered in a FAQ... I don't know what else is a FAQ to go into the FAQ, but this is a very FAQ.

scem0

Aug 5, 2003, 04:56 PM

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
Is there a MacRumors FAQ? This would be easily answered in a FAQ... I don't know what else is a FAQ to go into the FAQ, but this is a very FAQ.

Yeah there is a FAQ

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/07/20030725152925.shtml

scem0

funkywhat2

Aug 5, 2003, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
Quit drinkin that Hate-R-Ade, yo.

Fine, how about a System 7 theme, to match my PB Duo and my grandpa's PowerTower 225?

I'm not a "hate-r", I believe in the equality of all Operating Systems, be it MacOS, CP/M, or NeXTSTEP.

BaghdadBob

Aug 6, 2003, 04:08 AM

Originally posted by funkywhat2
I'm not a "hate-r", I believe in the equality of all Operating Systems, be it MacOS, CP/M, or NeXTSTEP.
That's very democratic of you. How about Be?

job

Aug 11, 2003, 01:59 AM

I like the Appleinsider forum theme.

Clean cut and easy on the eyes.

http://forums.appleinsider.com

MrMacMan

Aug 12, 2003, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by job
I like the Appleinsider forum theme.

Clean cut and easy on the eyes.

http://forums.appleinsider.com

I doubt they would give access to their sytle, but yea its okay.

I think it is a little bland even.

Color or Gray (again)?

Anyone for color?

OutThere

Aug 16, 2003, 12:44 PM

Powerbook G5

Aug 16, 2003, 01:03 PM

I know most will disagree, but I like brushed metal, it'd be kind of cool to have it as an option, but if not, fine by me. The current skin is nice for reference, though, since it's simple and easy on the eyes when you are trying to read. Whatever you do, make sure it is just as simple to live with (which actually might not be the case of brushed metal, so I can see where lots of it might be a bad thing).

vniow

Aug 16, 2003, 04:04 PM

Sooo...do you have anything in mind for the new skin arn?

MrMacMan

Aug 18, 2003, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by vniow
Sooo...do you have anything in mind for the new skin arn?

Yes, I was thinking this also.

:pokes thread and sees if it still is alive:

TEG

Aug 19, 2003, 12:31 AM

I suggest that you try out the OSX skin that currently exits. I couldn't stand this forum without.

TEG

RobVanDam

Aug 23, 2003, 04:25 AM

A simple white text on black background never fails.

CmdrLaForge

Aug 24, 2003, 09:36 AM

Originally posted by arn
yeah... there is an os x styled forum theme available here - but was always just a test - unforutnately, some people got used to it... but when the new style is done, we'll consolidate to one theme only.

arn

I am using the Mac OS X style and I like it much more than the other one. BTW why not change it to the metallic look like safari ?

MrMacMan

Aug 27, 2003, 06:14 PM

Hmm. I don't like the metalic stuff personally.

That is why I use Aqua:

FattyMembrane

Aug 27, 2003, 06:37 PM

i'll cast another vote for simplicity. it should be smooth and professional, but very light and load quickly (loading 2 megs of interface pics every time i hit the "next thread" button is kind of a waste). since every site on the internet now copies aqua in some way, i think it would be best to steer clear of it (and brushed metal). also, white text on a black or dark background gets hard on the eyes after a few minutes.

MrMacMan

Aug 28, 2003, 10:19 PM

Arn, what do you think?

I haven't seen a Person in Power saying anything in a while...

:o

GeeYouEye

Aug 28, 2003, 10:55 PM

I like the Mac-esque theme at www.wordforge.net. It's not Aqua, but it has touches of it. It's also quite easy on the eyes. One thing I don't want is white text. For posting long posts, I sometimes copy relevant posts to quote them into TextEdit, but then they show up white, so I have to change the color, which is time consuming and thought-train breaking. Personally, I think black on grey is best, followed by black on white.

Powerbook G5

Aug 28, 2003, 10:57 PM

I'm all for something nice, clean, and simple. The OS X skin is just way too heavy on the stripes for my taste.

tazo

Aug 31, 2003, 02:10 AM

i have used both extensively [os x skin and defualt] and i think both are equally ok..

2.5 cents later

job

Aug 31, 2003, 10:54 AM

A theme based on the toned down Aqua and Pinstripes found in Panther might look nice.

MrMacMan

Sep 1, 2003, 12:50 AM

Ten Points if any person in charge tells me if the ideas are being worked or... or if all have hit the trash can.

scem0

Sep 11, 2003, 09:51 PM

I, too, am wondering what ever happened to this new layout idea.

I think some very good ideas were proposed in this thread, and would be interested to see if anything is being worked on.

scem0

Rower_CPU

Sep 11, 2003, 11:18 PM

Things are being worked on behind the scenes...;)

MrMacMan

Sep 11, 2003, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Things are being worked on behind the scenes...;)
Gosh, I hate the frikken secrecy.

What do you have to be one of like the 6 people who are mods/gods to get the info?

:confused:

Is it being worked on?

Are any design ideas being used????

:confused:

'I want answers!'

Rower_CPU

Sep 11, 2003, 11:36 PM

Originally posted by MrMacman
Gosh, I hate the frikken secrecy.

What do you have to be one of like the 6 people who are mods/gods to get the info?

:confused:

Is it being worked on?

Are any design ideas being used????

:confused:

'I want answers!'

What did I just say?

"Things are being worked on behind the scenes..."

I think that pretty clearly says that it's being worked on.

Design ideas are indeed being used...or did you mean ones from this thread? :p

MrMacMan

Sep 11, 2003, 11:44 PM

Wonderful.

I love getting information off the internet.

Either it is full of usefull data, or full of sh--.

Gah.

So I need to become a Mod (demi?) to know.

:(

I hope it looks good, because obviously people are being left out.

Like the TBA forum, no one know anything, Demi's make fun of non-demi's and everyone with just a 'number' gets screwed. (Normal Post count)

You can see my enjoyment in my posts can't you?

shadowfax

Sep 12, 2003, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by MrMacman
Wonderful.

I love getting information off the internet.

Either it is full of usefull data, or full of sh--.

Gah.

So I need to become a Mod (demi?) to know.

:(

I hope it looks good, because obviously people are being left out.

Like the TBA forum, no one know anything, Demi's make fun of non-demi's and everyone with just a 'number' gets screwed. (Normal Post count)

You can see my enjoyment in my posts can't you? don't take it too hard. it's a little known secret that the onlything demi-godhood brings you is a front on which to make comments about "being in the know." in all honesty, we know about as much as you do. what i am basically saying is that we pay $20-30 to make fun of everyone else.

Rower_CPU

Sep 12, 2003, 01:38 AM

You take everything too personally, MrMacman, lighten up. :p

Besides, it's not like the demis know anything you don't...

I don't want to talk about it much because it's just getting started, but don't worry, everyone will be involved once the design is further along. :)

Powerbook G5

Sep 12, 2003, 01:54 AM

I wonder how many **** lists I'm on in the demi-god circle :D

BaghdadBob

Sep 13, 2003, 07:07 AM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
You take everything too personally, MrMacman, lighten up. :p

Besides, it's not like the demis know anything you don't...

I don't want to talk about it much because it's just getting started, but don't worry, everyone will be involved once the design is further along. :)
If you had put MacMan in charge you wouldn't be having this problem.

MrMacMan

Sep 13, 2003, 11:04 AM

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
If you had put MacMan in charge you wouldn't be having this problem.

Wow, thank you.

:D :cool:

Note: BadhdadBob is not me in disguise.

Powerbook G5

Sep 13, 2003, 11:19 AM

...Or is MrMacMan actually BaghdadBob is disguise? ;)

Rower_CPU

Sep 13, 2003, 04:08 PM

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
If you had put MacMan in charge you wouldn't be having this problem.

What problem? :confused:

Moxiemike

Sep 13, 2003, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
don't take it too hard. it's a little known secret that the onlything demi-godhood brings you is a front on which to make comments about "being in the know." in all honesty, we know about as much as you do. what i am basically saying is that we pay $20-30 to make fun of everyone else.

Wow. I'd have to say that anyone who paid $20-$30 to make fun of someone else is seriously pathetic.

Doesn't that break the rules of personal attacks? Or is it because the person being made fun of can't see what's being said that it becomes a loophole?

Rower_CPU

Sep 13, 2003, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Wow. I'd have to say that anyone who paid $20-$30 to make fun of someone else is seriously pathetic.

Doesn't that break the rules of personal attacks? Or is it because the person being made fun of can't see what's being said that it becomes a loophole?

It's called sarcasm, folks. Jeez.

Moxiemike

Sep 13, 2003, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
It's called sarcasm, folks. Jeez.

hehehe. do i always have to ;) to be sarcastic too?

What ARE the benefits of being a contrib, besides the self-fulfillment at the end of the day of supporting the site?

Rower_CPU

Sep 13, 2003, 06:24 PM

Touché. :p

Not to take this thread any further off track, but there is a private discussion forum, as well as the opportunity to see all rumor/news submissions that are sent in.

MrMacMan

Sep 13, 2003, 09:33 PM

Originally posted by Powerbook G5
...Or is MrMacMan actually BaghdadBob is disguise? ;)

Haha, ask arn to check the IP's.

Really, I am not him.

I live in NY.

He lives in WA.

Pretty far distance.

BTW, everyone can see my submissions?!?

Uh oh, better stop sending in the pr0n!

;)

Rower_CPU

Sep 13, 2003, 09:58 PM

Yeah, we've been meaning to talk to you about that stuff. ;)

MrMacMan

Sep 14, 2003, 12:25 AM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Yeah, we've been meaning to talk to you about that stuff. ;)

Gah!

Damn, you caught me.

My Current User-names are as follows:
MacBandit
jefhatfield
scem0
BaghdadBob
MrMacMan

Which totals my post count at around:
19720

Which means besides being #1 in post I am also 6414 posts ahead of Mr. A.

Sorry guys, I have so many personalities.

:D

mnkeybsness

Jan 19, 2004, 03:23 AM

i really hate reviving old threads, but i've been waiting for a long time (the last post here was september 13th)...

what's the status of the new look of macrumors? i know the main page has been worked on quite a bit, but what about the forums? i'm sure it's "behind the scenes", but is there a target date or anything for finishing?

Rower_CPU

Jan 19, 2004, 01:43 PM

arn is waiting on an upgrade for the bulletin software. It should be soon. :)

wdlove

Jan 19, 2004, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
arn is waiting on an upgrade for the bulletin software. It should be soon. :)

It would be awesome if the introduction of the new "MacRumors Forum Skin" would coincide with the 20th Aniversary of the Mac on Saturday the 24th. We just have to be patient, I'm sure that arn is doing his best.

MrMacMan

Jan 19, 2004, 04:52 PM

Ah well.

Whenever I just want to know if its gonna be updated or not.

Well I hope it looks good...

"Or Else!"

;)

tj2001

Mar 18, 2004, 02:24 PM

There should be more than 1 theme, because no matter what theme you pick some people are going to have problem with it. Personally I would keep the themes we have now as options, and pick something new as a default skin. JMHO

I also agree with this notion; let users decide how to look at the forums. It gives more of a personal customization option. Just my 10¢ :cool: