JimN: Cross-posted! I’ll list some specific nits I have:

BHT wasn’t designed for titles, and few people have used them. Introducing them now causes two problems that I can see: Many of the old posts have bogus titles (that were never seen). For example, when I first joined, I posted irrelevant titles on a couple of posts, just to see if they showed up. And tools like w.bloggar apparently auto-create titles, even if you don’t want them. (?) The primary difference on most blogs between a comment and a post is that a comment doesn’t have to have a title. BHT has primarily functioned like a big list of comments, and changing that now does more harm than good (in my opinion). Categories on the hands, are swell. RSS feeds and so on are easy to do without mucking with the overall look, of course. I’ve got severely mixed feeling on comments, but that’s a personal choice for Michael to make.

Sticking close to MT’s basic CSS by using style classes and ids with the same names is one thing. Looking almost exactly like the basic template that ships with the product seems to be something different, and not a good different.

However, it really sounds like I’m whining, and I hate that. So I’ll go with whatever you guys come up with. However, Michael, might I suggest doing as close as possible to one thing at a time? I’ve got a somewhat selfish motive in this. As one of the names now associated with the move to MT, I’d be happier if the move resulted in as little discomfort as possible. As it is, I forsee a long laundry list of complaints that might just rouse a few people’s inner Angus, and I know I’ll take some of the blame. :)

If everything switched over to MT and the w.bloggar people never saw a difference and the web-based people used the ‘Basic’ interface of MT, things would be peachy and who could possibly complain? Then, after a week or two, you could experiment all you wanted, and people would blame you! Okay, I guess that’s not exactly the sort of suggestion that appeals to you, I’m betting. Oh well.

I’ll shut up now. Obviously I’m too bored on a Saturday. I should get a life. And despite the complaining, I’m really impressed with the work you’ve accomplished, Jim. I hope that doesn’t get lost amidst the whining. :)