[John Robinson]

Ah, you must not have a style sheet aware browser. If you have style sheets, the header information is indeed shaded. Hrm.

[francisandbeans]

will the beta version look just like it is now, or is this a generic mode?

What I mean is, the current version is pretty reader friendly and even the most novice of users can get the basics down pretty quickly. The newer version, I dunno, looks like you are looking at an internal message site for some company. Are you concerned about turning away new partcipants?

I know that this isn't a for-profit site, but is increasing the number of participants a focus for this site?

I'm trying to view the new version through the eyes of a new visitor, and I am not sure that if I were a new visitor, I would be particularly interested in sticking around to figure it all out. Is there a middle ground, John?

[George W. Bush]

I was going to ask if there is any chance you could make a DIV class for the By field. Like <DIV class="by George W. Bush">? I know it would add some bandwidth to the page but it could be very handy. We could make up ignore lists individually and we could make the forum highlight our favorite FReepers. Just an idea. I can think of some people I'd like to ignore and some that I'd like to highlight so they'd stand out.

[Revel]

"Ah, you must not have a style sheet aware browser. If you have style sheets, the header information is indeed shaded. Hrm. "

On some other sites I have visited the sytle sheets only work if you have Java turned on. Since i don't leave Java turned on then style sheets are no option to me.