Your forum styles might not be as good as you think!

[Shawn Gossman]

Do flashy, modern forum designs drive away users who prefer the classic forum look?

Which side are you on?

 

[AWS]

In the old days I left a site if I had to wait for a ton of graphics to load. That was the days of dial up and slow DSL. There was a time when the more graphics a person could add to the skin the more he could charge for it. You'd go to these sites and they were ghost towns. Now with high speed internet it's not a problem. I still prefer low graphics though.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

In the old days I left a site if I had to wait for a ton of graphics to load. That was the days of dial up and slow DSL. There was a time when the more graphics a person could add to the skin the more he could charge for it. You'd go to these sites and they were ghost towns. Now with high speed internet it's not a problem. I still prefer low graphics though.

I don't miss dialup.

I also don't miss the days when not all websites were responsive to the first smartphone wave. Nothing like your blackberry getting locked up LOL

 

[Cedric]

Unfortunately the world has adapted to simplicity, flat design. Which I don't like. I'm probably one of the few that's stuck in the 2010s.

I'll redirect to a designer that creates stunning graphics, a woman who I've known for almost 20 years and has done so much graphics and themes for me. Which I prefer over any other design from nowadays:

https://ko-fi.com/sarahkik/gallery

 

[Mike30]

These days simple is better for many people. I am one of those.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

These days simple is better for many people. I am one of those.

Me, too.

Complex is usually complicated for the end-user and backend-user.

 

[Mike30]

That's a constant battle with my wife, she loves all kind of flying objects on websites lol....
She blames that I don't have taste for colors lol....