I think that the new look is FABULOUS! ANd I thank the whole FR team for taking what must have been HUNDREDS of man hours to do all of this. I think it looks fantastic, and if you guys take the time to look around you'll see a lot of great new feature--head over to My Preferences to start.
The site looks fabulous and VERY professional- which I think is very very important to the way outsiders see us. I never did like the look of the old FR- it looked too old fashioned.
Thank you FR team for giving us a gorgeous new site with LOTS of great new features that are very practical. Everyone else- quit your whining and start learning how to use the new stuff! Sheesh you whiners sound like my 73 year old grandmother complaining about trying to figure out the internet!
This isn't a learning curve issue.
The new format is simply more difficult to read and interperet. There is a sense of clutter and the visual field is distracting.