Complications en route to new forum release.

Yes, there are lots of things wrong with gradients, fonts and sizes. More specifically the examples from the emblamatic portfolio. Sorry but that style of design is more or less ancient. Yes, it's his website and yes he CAN go the method of his preferred style. But this isn't just Art's personal website. This is a community orientated website. If you develop your product that can potentially ostracize new and old visitors, I'd say that's not a route one would want to take. Yes, it's his as he owns it.. but he isn't the only part of this community.

I'll have to disagree about the gradients, fonts and sizes. Care to give me an example of this "ancient" and "modern" you speak of?

You're right about this website being community oriented, but if the original designer he chose had never delayed the project, we'd all be presented with a new design and would had never even known it was being developed.

That's nice that you dislike them. You're free to do so. Even if there was a quick snippet you did like and decided to dislike on principal to troll--that's your prerogative. I didn't say what I enjoy is what everyone enjoys. I didn't say: "Go with this style!" I was merely giving off some examples of work from Dribbble. Thanks.

Thanks. I don't understand why you chose the "Matt" designer to recommend (if you were to recommend him anyways). No offense, but I think the first thing he needs to take a class on are his color schemes. It took me a good minute to find his portfolio link at the top, which is hardly visible.

User Interface. I don't see how that's limited to desktop or mobile. Web apps are essentially a big market and all of them have a user interface. If there are designers that are specifically working on just user interfaces, I think it's logical to consider them to be a UI Designer.

I wasn't directing that towards you, but since you responded, what exactly would you claim as a User Interface on the web? I'm talking about the designers whom have a portfolio of website designs and logotypes, and that claim to be a "UI Designer" instead of "Graphic Designer". I was just curious.

Hmm what's that? I thought you said it's not up to us to decide but rather Art?

He asked for us to list any designers we might find suitable for the job.