Ripples is definitely worth the time.
Got it working and the thing I had to turn off made no sense, but, whattayagonnado?
The more "mainstream" site looks a little different colorwise, default text, etc., but the navigation bars are virtually identical (no purchase/bank stuff going on there, but the default stuff that I use is virtually the same). For messages, the "spoilers" are in different places and have different icons, but almost every other insertion/style is virtually the same as to where you find it, how it works and the icon used. Fewer smilie selections and, honestly, it's easier to add quotes into an edited message there - this place has a problem when I try to quote, then cut and paste as an edit to an existing message, so I can either delete and rewrite when I want to combine, or wait until someone else posts so I don't have a string. There may be a relatively easy way, but it isn't the way I'm used to doing it and I haven't discovered it yet.