[Felger]

The forum at forum.hardware.fr was for most of its main mature code parts written between 2000 and 2001. It has not upgraded revision since about 2010. It has a quite outdated but efficient look and UI even in 2023. Way better thread handling than reddit IMHO.

The guys (well almost one sole guy) started a bit before - in 2007 or so - a company (MesDiscussions.net) and sold the forum engine to the most successful french websites like the "infamous" Doctissimo, which now totals almost 300M messages since 2000. I believe it was then sold or incorporated to Doctissimo.

Let's not forget the french invented and used the Minitel well before dial up internet became widely spread. We quite like old things (no pun intended regarding the current First Lady)

[vinrob92]

Another one is https://www.guitariste.com/forums/ since 2000!

[nonethewiser]

I love the UI but making each comment an HTML table is making me very uncomfortable.

[krapp]

You may not want to view source on HN then.

[nonethewiser]

wow did not expect that! interesting

[beardog]

You can export photos as html tables from GIMP for some reason too, example: https://chaoswebs.net/pepe/