Time for a new Xenforo theme?

[John L.]

Does anyone even know whether any changes at all will occur to the xenforo style? My understanding was that 2.0 was mostly about under-the-hood changes that would affect (help?) add-on developers.

While no one has explicitly said that there will be a new design within 2.0 (correct me if I'm wrong anyone), but Mike has mentioned that 2.0 will feature the use of LESS when writing CSS. This means they will go 1 of 2 routes:

1. Re-write the current CSS to support LESS and re-use it.
2. Take the opportunity to write a new style that utilizes LESS better.

I'm still shocked they're not using SASS as opposed to LESS, but that's a call from @Mike and co. I do believe there are SASS PHP libraries around currently.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Does anyone even know whether any changes at all will occur to the xenforo style?

I'm sure whoever does know will not be permitted to post about it here - so what we have here is nothing but speculation, hope and fear.

My ideal would be for a style that is more versatile and that makes more radical customisation easy and painless, while not breaking the previous style.

As for features, I'll be happy with a more intuitive user experience.

 

[TPerry]

Yes, I'm sure that "someone" does know.. but I'm also pretty sure that the information has not been given out since it is subject to change between now and then.

 

[Paul B]

It's not really a big secret that there will be changes to the style.

The nature of the changes though, that's a different matter

 

[Mr Lucky]

I have managed to get a look at the the new style. It is actually "flatter than flat" so should make lots of people happy.

Here is a sneak preview, I think you will be impressed by its elegance and simplicity:

(Not CSS, not LESS, not SASS, but NOSS)

 

[feldon30]

This trend is due to more and more individuals using their phones and other mobile devices to access the Internet and websites. A lot of our traffic (50%) is from mobile devices. Hence, many sites are going to a flat theme to accommodate (Google and Apple doing the same crap)

FIFY

Modern "flat" websites are no less bandwidth-heavy than older ones, they've just shifted the burden from graphics and gradients to CSS and Javascript. I've made beautiful websites in under 150kb.