April 2, 2011 at 5:57:41 - By Dr. Cossack

The social platform and the Stream might have been decoys, but the board did receive some actual updates!

First of all, you might have noticed yesterday that the Private Messenger opened in the main browser window instead of a floating one. The PM system is back to it's previous state, but if you don't want the floating window, you can go into your profile and set the "Private Messenger in new window" value to NO. This is especially useful on some locked down computers that won't allow new windows to be opened, such as Internet kiosks. It also makes the PM system usable without any Javascript.

Next, a [video] BBCode object is now available. Using it is as simple as including the movie's URL within the tag. For example, entering [video*]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWX9oevTjg[/video*] without the asterisks will embed a video in your post. Only YouTube is supported for the time being, but you can request other sites to be added.

Obviously, the format of this forum changed. Instead of using the standard display, I'll keep it in the blog-like form. I think it works better to post short to medium updates, possibly more frequently where they can be easily seen. This new format is also closer to the announcements display on the oekaki board. You always have the ability to comment on these posts, of course.

Finally, the quick login was moved to the right of the main header, again closer in position to the oekaki board. I think it's a more logical location for this small, useful feature. Beyond that, small changes have been done here and there, but nothing too noticeable.

I'll be posting a bit later a topic on this April's Fools Day gag, which will be available in the Mega Man PC Website forum. Please hold your thoughts until then.