# CDCK should develop new default Discourse themes on a regular basis to keep it looking current

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cdck-should-develop-new-default-discourse-themes-on-a-regular-basis-to-keep-it-looking-current/222091>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 27, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cdck-should-develop-new-default-discourse-themes-on-a-regular-basis-to-keep-it-looking-current/222091 "2022-03-27T00:31:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonster/32/377712_2.png) [@Jonster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonster)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cdck-should-develop-new-default-discourse-themes-on-a-regular-basis-to-keep-it-looking-current/222091/29 "2024-02-05T15:06:58Z")

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I have screened 100+ (crazy, I know) community options for a community-based initiative. One of just a handful of kick-out criteria was that the community should not look like alternatives with “BB” or “Board” in its name, i.e., not having been (re-)designed since before the year 2000. Discourse did not make the cut.

This is my way of saying that I do agree with your conclusion. Out of the box, it looks dated.

Your proposals and some further ideas presented below are a great way of making this software product more attractive. Upgrading the priority of its UI design would probably benefit Discourse to a great extent in the long run.

This does not mean that Discourse management should copy-cat every momentaneously successful competitor (like, e.g. Mighty Networks or Circle.so). But Discource management should learn from them, other trends, and Discource’s target user base (i.e., this group’s potential and existing users) to find the right strategic direction for Discourse, including its UI design.

To whom it may concern.  
The answer to the rightful question, “_Then, why are you here then?_”, is that our top options all ended up not satisfying our kick-out criteria due to instability issues, awkward implementations of good functionality and some other what-you-se-is-not-what-you-get (WYSInWYG) situations. Unfortunately, the devil is in the details. So yes, now we are back here, impressed by the functionality but not so much by the freshness of the UI.

_Thanks to all of you who contribute_ to this truly competent software.

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