Forum Design

This thread includes some tips on tweaking the appearance to your own liking.

 

Thing is it's not *just* a vB theme, it's the identity to the whole site. The theme runs throughout and ties in all the different areas of MacRumors uniformly.

 

well said, that man!

 

I like MR's "skin" just as it is -- easy on the eyes and an unobtrusive backdrop to the site's content, which is the way it should be.

ETA: I just had a look at the site which was referenced. Ouch! It's pretty, yes, and uses a couple of my favorite colors, but definitely I would find it distracting if I were trying to read and post in the forums there.

 

He...ck no! That skin would be extremely annoying very fast...

I prefer the easy-on-the-eye, practical and gorgeous MR skin over that, and all other I've seen (that's not too many, though), any day...

 

I've thought of this before.

There could always be additional skins that users could select if they like.

Yes, this skin has become an identity, which means it should always remain the defualt, but giving folks the options wouldn't hurt.

(Not saying its needed...MR looks good. Just saying the addition of the option has no drawbacks).