K some things have been updated and changed on the forum.
If you have no idea what some of this means, who cares. Just thank Chris and I anyway.
You shouldn't have any trouble seeing your smiley selection. Plus they are dark background specific so they should look clean. And the IMG and buttons are right there with 'em.
If you are getting dizzy from all the spinny tires: Settings were changed on how the forum will show you what posts are new. You may have noticed before that the tires would still indicate new post even though you had clicked and read them all. It would eventually go away but I hated it. So I changed it so it "knows better." This may mean all your dealios spin. Look at the bottom of your screen on the forum main page. Click "mark all posts read"
There you're done.
Now it is by default set at 10 days out on new topics, so if you almost never visit the board, bye bye spinners after the 10.
The old buttons are progressively getting updated.
There are a lot more user features in your profile to play around with, so check them out.
Also note the calendar button on main page top. Use it, learn it, love it