You might also look, just for fun, from a thread from about 2002-3 with my username in it.
Or, don't, on 2nd thought. I liked black text with red graphics on a yellow background for my business logo back in '01.
The SEO url's are because they went from vBulletin 3.x to 4.x (which is currently at 4.2.0, but I don't know exactly what version they have here).
I'm actually still missing some things from the old board. Knowing, however, how complex the administration of vB is, and having had access to the source code behind it, and, last but certainly not least how many vB sites the company behind the site is running ... I do think they've done pretty well listening and handling suggestions and so on. It may just be (I think I'm only a member at one or two of their other sites) had major firestorms elsewhere, and we've been fairly nice compared to other communities by comparison, and the squeakier wheels are getting more grease.
At any rate, I'm very thankful for PHPBuilder.
Edit: come to think of it, that other thread also had "holy" in the title. You weren't involved in that, were ya? ๐