If you could snap your fingers & create a new HF theme for everyone, what would you make?
If I had to go with a drastic new look, I would take some hybrid of hackernews, reddit, github, and bring in either a Facebook or LinkedIn style newsfeed as a primary page/feature of the new theme.
It would be light or dark theme with a quick toggle in the corner of every page & if I had to choose between Windows vs Mac/iphone vs Android themes I guess I'd go with a MacOS-ish style, a nice small font family/size/weight, and try to implement some sort of nested post UX similar to reddit where you can see replies (quoted posts) directly under the original, and open/collapse diff comment trees.
It would be similar to github because I think it would be cool to have the user profiles show top threads / posts & stats similar to how git profiles show pinned repos.
The hackernews reference would be to trending posts, and again - the nested comments feature. The theme would implement 'full view' (traditional mybb style) but also 'list view' (more like HN / Ycombinator or reddit, or hell - craigslist).
The FB theme style inspiration would be for global site convo bubble / popout chat window, as well as instant msging for users & an online users list like oldschool Facebook before Messenger.
The LinkedIn inspiration stems from the idea of how it brings in events - when someone is promoted or has an event, LinkedIn does a good job of showing it on newsfeeds. The theme's feed would feature users who join groups, upgrade to L33t/ub3r/etc, become Staff, gain Awards, break certain stat records, etc.
If I had to go with a drastic new look, I would take some hybrid of hackernews, reddit, github, and bring in either a Facebook or LinkedIn style newsfeed as a primary page/feature of the new theme.
It would be light or dark theme with a quick toggle in the corner of every page & if I had to choose between Windows vs Mac/iphone vs Android themes I guess I'd go with a MacOS-ish style, a nice small font family/size/weight, and try to implement some sort of nested post UX similar to reddit where you can see replies (quoted posts) directly under the original, and open/collapse diff comment trees.
It would be similar to github because I think it would be cool to have the user profiles show top threads / posts & stats similar to how git profiles show pinned repos.
The hackernews reference would be to trending posts, and again - the nested comments feature. The theme would implement 'full view' (traditional mybb style) but also 'list view' (more like HN / Ycombinator or reddit, or hell - craigslist).
The FB theme style inspiration would be for global site convo bubble / popout chat window, as well as instant msging for users & an online users list like oldschool Facebook before Messenger.
The LinkedIn inspiration stems from the idea of how it brings in events - when someone is promoted or has an event, LinkedIn does a good job of showing it on newsfeeds. The theme's feed would feature users who join groups, upgrade to L33t/ub3r/etc, become Staff, gain Awards, break certain stat records, etc.




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