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June 14, 2007 6:22 PM

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Well rumor has it in the comments we're apparently up to something sneaky with all this silly Shack stuff... needs more blog.

Dude, pay more tolls
Space station trouble
MLB takes fantasy to court
Possible bee lovin trouble

Lastly, apparently Safari for Windows didnt get a very smooth start.

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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zohar79

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June 14, 2007 6:23 PM

YES. I love new shack.
- reverend~heresy
  
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  June 14, 2007 6:23 PM
  
  i need to shit. but the bathroom is occupied. i need to piss, too. i guess they go hand in hand.
- Shadowdane
  
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  June 14, 2007 6:25 PM
  
  yah i love it too... can't wait till its goes live.
- thief
  
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  June 14, 2007 6:26 PM
  
  I really dislike the lines along the posts, indicating parent/child replies.
  - [deleted] 237266179
    
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    June 14, 2007 6:28 PM
    
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    - thief
      
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      June 14, 2007 6:30 PM
      
      I hope so, I'm willing to give em a shot :D
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        June 14, 2007 6:40 PM
        
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        rosewood
        
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        June 14, 2007 6:47 PM
        
        If my stubborn ass likes it then you obviously did something right.
        
        electroly
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:06 PM
        
        any idea if you guys will be able to fix the safari bug, where the page scrolling jumps around every time you click a post? i'm probably going to have to switch browsers if not :(
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:11 PM
        
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        warpdude
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:27 PM
        
        yeah, that bug is immensely annoying. also, the left page margins for the comments blocks seem pretty small, so it's uncomfortably close to the window edge.
        
        gorgeous redesign otherwise though. well done guys!
        
        cryptical
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:16 PM
        
        I think they needed a little bit more indentation, but it could just be my eyes.
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      June 14, 2007 6:31 PM
      
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    June 14, 2007 6:50 PM
    
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  - Frozen Pixel
    
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    June 14, 2007 6:57 PM
    
    their existence barely registers to me now. <3 new shack and now that Tom has the new [lol] script 100% working I don't need to go back evar. :D
    - feek
      
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      June 14, 2007 7:13 PM
      
      how do i got access
    - thief
      
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      June 14, 2007 7:13 PM
      
      Is it permanently available, now, until official implementation?
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        June 14, 2007 7:15 PM
        
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  - pres589
    
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    June 14, 2007 6:58 PM
    
    What lines? Am I missing something here?
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      June 14, 2007 6:59 PM
      
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    - thief
      
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      June 14, 2007 7:02 PM
      
      The lines which demarcate -- left side of the screen -- posts in relation to each other. I think they make the page too 'busy,' but am just not used to it.
      
      That said, I wish there were an option to turn them off, but I realize that's an annoying thing to request; I don't mean to be unappreciative of all the work everyone has put into it.
      - pres589
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:21 PM
        
        http://pres589.com/images/random/Various/wutlines.JPG
        
        ??
        
        pres589
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:23 PM
        
        I've just been informed that this is about dev.shacknews.com and not "old shack" so forget it.
        
        ThomW
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:38 PM
        
        Also be informed that I'm laughing at you right now.
        
        pres589
        
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        June 14, 2007 7:45 PM
        
        And? Some nerd is laughing at me from his internet computar machine, I feel simply awful now.
        
        SilverSnake
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:30 AM
        
        aww... don't cry Joey. You want a hug?
        
        bah, nobody is going to get this quote :(
        
        Frozen Pixel
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:32 AM
        
        I get it!
  - omnova
    
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    June 14, 2007 7:11 PM
    
    It is infinitely better than having a plethora of numbers cluttering the screen.
    - thief
      
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      June 14, 2007 7:12 PM
      
      As of now I just feel like indentations are enough. That is, the new shack comments system without the lines, or with lines much less apparent.
      
      That said, Haiku makes an important point that the text will probably overpower them.
  - Chris Remo
    
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    June 14, 2007 10:36 PM
    
    I didn't like them at first either but I'm fine with them now.
- gokart.
  
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  June 14, 2007 6:58 PM
  
  wait is the demo going again? did i miss it?! :(
- niceguynick
  
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  June 14, 2007 7:10 PM
  
  I wish I knew what you guys were talking about...
- rosewood
  
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  June 14, 2007 7:18 PM
  
  Last I'll say of it, I promise:
  
  Is the new PRL system where it just says "wait awhile" going to be the way it is or are we going to get some kind of counter system?
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    June 14, 2007 7:19 PM
    
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- boomstickah
  
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  June 14, 2007 7:22 PM
  
  new shack is going down this morning at 4am !!!!!!!!!!!
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    June 14, 2007 7:24 PM
    
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    - Frozen Pixel
      
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      June 14, 2007 7:52 PM
      
      thank god. the world ends for me when I have insomnia and can't shack :(
- NastyNorman
  
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  June 14, 2007 7:31 PM
  
  I would like to see a commercial produced for the new shack. I envision one where a guy is reading the current shack and gets rejected by a girl, then Maarten appears out of a poof of smoke in a genie hat and curly-toed boots, taps the guys monitor, the new shack appears, and then the dude gets the chick because the new design is so hot. Maarten would still be standing there eating a pop-tart. This would amuse me.
- zohar79
  
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  June 14, 2007 7:53 PM
  
  So are we going to get to play with it tonight?
  - freshyk
    
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    June 14, 2007 8:16 PM
    
    Tomorrow I think.
- Lightbulb
  
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  June 14, 2007 10:24 PM
  
  Well i didn't read all the posts in the other thread and i missed the test completely... so.... what about flat mode ? Is it in ?
  ( yeah i know - but I'm weird like that )
  - Frozen Pixel
    
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    June 14, 2007 10:33 PM
    
    no, there is no flat mode. In fact there is only one mode to view the threads.
    - Lightbulb
      
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      June 14, 2007 11:34 PM
      
      :( thought so. Okay, time to adapt after all these years..
      I wonder how many people still have it set to flat.
      - electroly
        
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        June 14, 2007 11:35 PM
        
        this is probably the only time on the shack when you can legitimately say you're the only one
        
        thecray
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:04 AM
        
        I'm truely shocked that there is even one. It doesn't even seem useable to me.
        
        Frozen Pixel
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:06 AM
        
        It's just a relic of the past. The old shack is only held together by duct tape 2.0
        
        Lightbulb
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:35 AM
        
        Toraz uses ( used ? ) it
        
        http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14230023
        
        and yes, it is usable
        
        Balboa
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:37 AM
        
        I use it occasionally, it's pretty refreshing (no pun intended)
        
        drucifer
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:40 AM
        
        you should intend those
        
        Frozen Pixel
        
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        June 15, 2007 1:47 AM
        
        you're right, drucifers should always be intended
- Mad Brahmin Disease
  
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  June 15, 2007 4:11 AM
  
  Did I miss it for the third time? Damn Euro haters.
  - jbury
    
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    June 15, 2007 5:22 AM
    
    We have to just make do with screenshots. bah. First euro's don't get to enter the shack giveaways and now this :P
- suqur
  
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  June 15, 2007 5:23 AM
  
  One thing I noticed is that you can collapse individual reply threads within a thread!
  - jcupitt
    
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    June 15, 2007 5:27 AM
    
    oh yes baby yes yes yes! sounds great
- carazy
  
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  June 15, 2007 5:24 AM
  
  holy crap was there another testing last night? We need some of these during the day ;-)