I think it's because as a guest you may see more advertisements, we try not to over kill the adverts for members. Could this be what you mean?

Not that I'm aware of Frank....when you say no images do you mean no new message markers? As Glynis says non members see more adverts than members so that does cause a shift to the left...but you should be seeing "images" like the logo top left...

Regards

Van

Yes, I mean no new message markers. Because there are no images in there, the entire Forum table is narrower than it was before, but it is not central so the table is half an inch to the left compared with the orange banner above, so the asymmetry is immediately noticeable. Because the forum is narrower, there is a much wider blue background to the right than the left, and there is a white rectangle in the top RHS of the forum table. It just looks odd, thats all.



Because I use Firefox I don't see adverts anyway, so i assume that white box would normally have an advert column down the right hand side (just checked using IE) and yes it does look more symmetrical when the advert is there.

lol..ok no probs...

The new message marker is only available to members as there is no way the system can know what you have already read or not unless you are logged in...

Yes the rhs does have some tower ads..

Hope this clarifies.

Van