I like the site's style update! It really makes UBB.Threads stand out as solid option for discussion forum software.
When I visit the competition's community forums, based on first impressions alone, they look old-school. Like from the hay-days of ICQ, AIM, Lycos, ImageStation / PhotoBucket, and MySpace.
While UBBCentral.com looks like a Windows8/WindowsPhone app with its bold colors and solid-filled buttons and borders, that style is a major player in the current style trend... THAT, and the ultra-minimalistic style that Google/Android has ushered in and has also been widely adopted.
At least UBBCentral.com doesn't look like like a confused little girls doll house, unicorn raunch, crayon studio in which iOS7 is.