striped thread page is very distracting.

. It makes speed reading imposable.

Wear some shades man... lol

Ray-Ban®

It does look pretty but also a bit confusing x

I much prefer the original (plain vanilla) light mode view.
All of the other colors “flash” when surfing this site, and remind me too much of the 1990s lol

It looks pretty and easy to find what you want but as Greg said it doesn't benefit scanning or speed reading. Luckily I'm a slow reader so I don't mind lol

San x

I once knew a girl named Paige, and yes, very distracting when she stripped

At first I was briefly wondering what have they done. But that is just my older age resistance to change.
I quickly saw it as an extra visual que to delineating posts when I am scrolling. Sure the avatar and name is there on the left but the alternate shades takes less eye / brain time to process.
So a (+) from me...

Me too, but it would be nice if the highlight were pale blue and alternated every three lines. Some of you are old enough to remember what it would look like then.

If you mean "impossible" I don't have this issue. OTOH it's the missing information that you find in most forums that's an issue for me:
• Name of the OP?
• When the thread started? I would prefer to have a date and time rather than "certain time ago".
• Did I read it?
• Did I answer it?
• Is it still open or closed?
It would be nice if the site added them.
Nick

White text on a light green or yellow background is difficult to read.

David

E.g. Nikon

Origin still displays posts as alternating light gray and white backgrounds. Is that what it's supposed to do? The thread list is now all white background.

I don't like "striped" and would prefer all white.