There is a cute little video of Tim introducing the series at the bottom of this page

cute is definitely the word i'd use. "so it's, like, a mini...van."

I still hate that message format. I hated it for Firefly and Kitchen Confidential. Still not liking it for Drive.

Oh, my word, yes. I can't navigate it to save my life. I tried posting at the Fox board for Firefly, when it was brand new, but I couldn't take to the format well enough to bother sticking around. I seem to remember a Bronzer concocted mandate about filling it with good conversation.

It seems to me we got the tip-off at the Beta, or in e-mail, to go try out the original Firefly board. Did that actually happen, Monique, or did we just find it early?

(I clearly remember finding UPN's thing they called The Bronze [despite my best efforts to the contrary], and I might be conflating memories.

Tim's video is adorkable. They even made the little "ting" sound-effect, after his smile in the final shot. Ben Queen looks to be approximately 7 years old, and much too young to be a co-creator of anything but an awesome backyard fort.

That video is very cute.

Tim's video is adorkable.

It really is. FAQWife didn't think she'd watch, but after seeing the video, I think she's sold.

I don't understand -- what's different about the format? It's still threaded with X posts per page. You mean because of the sidebar?

The colors are eye-twisting, but that's a different problem.

There's just something about the Prospero boards that I've always found awkward. I don't find it as user-friendly as the other types of forums I've used.

just watched video. I (heart) Brian Bloom ever since he was on As the World Turns.

I can't tell if I'm seeing all the pages, or what threads are available. I'm never quite certain where I am. I like more linear-leaning threaded, like this board and TWoP.

The breakdown between the topic areas always confuses me as well on the sites that have areas you can jump between, like "General," "Cast/Crew," etc. I tend to lose track of where I am, as well, and I don't always jump to the new messages in threads I was looking at earlier.

Hm. I just find usability stuff interesting -- I like being able to move from one thread to another without having to go a level up to a menu of topics, but maybe I'm more used to that style from lurking on Delphi forums.