well,as days are advancing,more open scripts are making their new path into web,there should be a new feature integrated in mybb,
just see vanilla forums,it has an inbuilt networking though light weight,really males it applausible.
so i too recommend a jquery based,forum networking,in version 2.0
days are not as same as earlier,see changes for example from windows xp to windows 7.......
similarly,we need some changes in themes too,all themes out in mybb.com are outdated designs,
if we want to go for premium themes,they too are taking the same path.
see these premium themes......
smf:
http://demo.dzinerstudio.com/
phpbb:
http://demo.rockettheme.com/
mybb needs something more than these,new themes,more professional outlooks,an inbuilt network and more......
these days networking is more preferred,and you can see the visitors,they spend more time in a network rather than in a forum.
so time to change,and the change should be "new"