Skinning will see a vast improvement with the follow as just some of what you can expect:
[*]Multiple Custom Skins: you can make more than one set of CSS/images/wrappers.
[*]Customizable wrappers (headers and footers) for the pre-installed skins.
[*]More pre-installed skins.
[*]A new, easy to use CSS editor. No knowledge of CSS required.
[*]Widget Maker: a toolset that lets you add pre-built widgets to your wrapper. Widgets vary from scrolling text to dropdown menus to announcement boxes.
[*]Skin Control Panel:
- See how many members are using each skins.
- Choose a default skin for each group or for the board.
- Disable certain skins from use.
- Reset a custom skin to the default code (If you ever make a coding mistake).
[*]And maybe even fully editable layouts.
This should take many parts of skinning beyond what an IPB will offer.