I'm sorry if you missed the discussion of the new template and its testing from last week. New templates aren't really up for "discussion" because you always have the choice of choosing the theme or template you like best. If we introduce a new one and don't take away the old one, you can continue using the old one.

I've requested and gotten a fair amount of feedback already on the new template, and we've made changes to it based upon that feedback. We will continue to make changes to the new template as well.

As I explained when we were testing the new theme, we needed to implement this theme due to the impact the forums have on our search visibility in Google. Not having a default mobile-responsive theme in the forums was likely hurting us.

If you're looking to keep up with changes to the technical side of the forums, this is the forum to be in. Since most members don't care about these changes (outside of how to go back to their favorite theme), it's dependent upon members to visit this forum. It's not something we felt needed more widespread visibility since the old theme is readily available to continue using.

Thanks for your feedback!