No I don't. it was never like that for me before. All I ever saw were flags and the like. Never pics. I can't look at the threads any more. It's too distracting, trying to read. The pics don't help at all, as most steels look the same for the same release.
Rick you might want to ask Wreck what's going on. He's in charge of site maintenance. Maybe one of your settings got changed but as far as I'm aware, that's how it's suppose to be. It's always been that way for me. I like it. PM Wreck and see what he says.
I have a hard time viewing threads now. I have to do an advanced search so I don't have to look at the thumbs. So I guess I will be doing a lot less posting or viewing
Hey guys-a few of us are Admins and Staff. I just turned these on, because I started to get numerous PM's of folks saying that when they 'searched' the forum, all they saw was flags, but it would be nice to see the different 'covers' in the search, in case you wanted to compare by title. It's just a test right now, to see what you all think. With all of the releases coming out, clicking each thread with a flag to see what it actually looks like can become a nuisance, too.
Feel free to keep chiming in-I can always turn this back off, if it's not something you all find useful, visually as you compare items and find info on the forum. Yes, thumbs next to threads themselves have been there for quite some time. The thumbs in the 'search' results screen was a recent add. Thanks all for your feedback-it's exactly what makes the community dyanamic at HDN
ps. this process might speed up after they are cached in your browser ... so if its still slow after like a week of you utilizing this then let us know.