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They really need a facelift. Macrumors is by far the ugliest website that I visit. :(

I wish it would be more like Neowin in terms of looks.
 
It looks like vBulletin 4.x CMS style, which suggests both the board and the site will get a makeover as well as vB 4 upgrade.
 
It looks like vBulletin 4.x CMS style, which suggests both the board and the site will get a makeover as well as vB 4 upgrade.

It's not, and not necessarily. :)

We're not convinced that vBulletin 4 is appropriate for us yet, and any forum updates would very likely be separate from updates to the news side of things.
 
In case you were wondering, it IS a potential new MacRumors site design. It's a mockup, not a working implementation.

Front page design changes wouldn't be directly related to forum upgrades but I'm sure the tabs at the top of forum pages would be changed to match the front page.

well it gets my vote :)

the site is starting to look a little dated, mainly in the last 6 months I think were good quality looking sites are now the norm

However, a site like gdgt.com I find difficult to navigate so keep it like this!
 
My $.02

Make sure Page 2 stays as prominent as it is now, as the homepage and Page 2 are really what I visit most often. Occasionally the iPhone page or MacBytes sections, but not nearly as often as Page 2. Also, make sure it's still easy to render on an iPhone, and I don't mean a special mobile page. I like reading full rich pages but don't want them to take extra long to load due to useless graphics and animations. Lastly, make sure Page 3 gets an update, there haven't been any new rumors on there in a while. What about a story about Apple buying the govetnment and offering the iHouse in both a White House and a Black House model? :D

-Brian
 
How about we just make everything really really big and change the font to Comic Sans?

3NEA
 
I think MR should change to this, which is what I see anyway when I'm at work. Stupid web filters. :)
 

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