>>Even though I kinda like the new approach,
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>>Perhaps if the Padding around all of frames (div) was reduced from 20px to, say, 5px. This would provide more available area for the contents. Also, default the base font from 13 to 11.
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>>The most annoying thing was that the default link on my desktop stopped working. I was receiving an error. I wasn't until I actually typed the www.LevelExtreme.com in the address bar that I realized the site had changed. Make the prior default page redirect to the new web address. Others may believe site is in trouble or is simply gone.
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>>And, whats up with the threads being listed in the New Feed panel. Rather redundant, for they are visible in the tree-view panel already.
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>Yup, concur. This looks like "everybody's doing this, so we must follow" - which means reduce number of options (the attachments lost the collapse button and now take up lots of vertical space, for instance, so I have to scroll to get to the send button), make it all look rather flat, and be extremely generous with margins and padding. Ah and the buttons are larger so now the buttons below the message take two rows. There are fewer buttons than there were once upon a time, and they've even lost the icons (good riddance, though), but now they take up more space than ever.
>Just when the old look settled and I was satisfied with the way it felt.

The dropping of of all the icons does help me. I am on a relatively slow connection, so less pictures help the speed.

But one of the features dropped that I liked was the 'Email Me' button. If I saw a solution I liked, I would click the 'Email Me' and the message was sent to my inbox. This was available in the UT version, but dropped when it be came LE. Also, the body of the message was also included in email notification messages when someone would reply to one of my postings. Now it is only a generic email tell me there is a reply on message board. I prefer to review the suggested idea, then login and reply. Granted, I can click the 'Save To' button, but this required me to sign-in to view the messages I saved.