I'm in the "gosh it is prettier, but that's not why I'm here" croud.
My use case:
I read all the new posts to see if I can help
I search old posts to see if anyone else has had my issue so I can learn from them before I post or call TAC.
Any changes which impede those two uses are undesired and any other change is fine with me (but annoying).
Undesire:
- Can't tell from high-level which forums have topics with new posts - have to enter each forum to check.
- Pretty icons to filter by prouct families take up nearly all of the top of site real estate so I have to scroll to see anything.
Annoy: (but I'll get used to it if it makes you happy)
- Topics now take up more room on the page.
- Harder to tell which topics have new posts (bold isn't much bolder than not-bold)
I'll think of more as I use it...