To me, this new format makes more sense. The most important information, poster and recipient, is listed where your eyes are most likely to be. For most reading, date and reply # are noise, so I toss them in the corner. YMMV.
The Reply # is not noise. I often trek up and down a thread by hitting the "To:##". Perhaps you could leave it where it was -- just color it dark grey and set the font smaller.
This "View Replies" option is nice... but it would be nice also to have the "To:##" link on the left where your eyes start to read.
Also, this navigation bar is cleaner
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than this one:
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