jidaikobo who is a well-skilled HTML designer has rebuilt all templates of xhnewbb.
This version is being released as xhnewbb-1.30beta
http://www.peak.ne.jp/support/xoops/xhnewbb-1.3.tar.gz
Good HTML raise accessibitities of the site.
jidaikobo is a famous accessibility designer too.
The forum of this site is updated into xhnewbb-1.30beta, you can look it here.