User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-5226524-20160908202442/@comment-1370845-20160908205936

Discussions should eventually replace them, but I don't imagine they'll replace Special:Forum until it's reached parity with it and until most people are happy with it. It's missing a few features though at the moment, so that'll probably be way off.

I hope the desktop layout improves as well. While it's better than it was when it released, it's still basically just an upscaled mobile feature.