Once a polling system is implemented, I would like to see a poll that lists all the changes with "better, worse, or neutral" so that we can get a more accurate representation of what people like and dislike. I hesitate to write my own response of "I agree to X but still like Y" whenever somebody lists multiple likes/dislikes. It would clutter the page and not help very much unless many people responded.

It would have been nice if somebody took screenshots of the old version so we could compare. Some things are much easier to tell the difference, but it is very difficult to pull up memories of how easy to read/nice to look at the old site was, when comparing things like the color scheme.

My personal preferences:

Positive dropdown menus Comment layout and visual representation: better than it was

Negative: Comment number not appearing Header: I like the old one and it's map/territory artwork. When in the discussion section, the header is ugly (3 different fonts in 3 different colors). I would like to see a picture of how it was. I feel like this is a case of "why fix what isn't broken? (WFWIB)" (it makes some sense if it didn't go well with new site changes.) Hall of fame rather than top contributors WFWIB

Neutral comment icons vs. words Color scheme: background SIAI /FHI links: seems reasonable

Thanks for working hard at making the site better! The negative comments are probably rough, but we appreciate you.

Edit after a few days: I really like the new layout and graphic design. Except for the header. Not being able to delete comments is interesting, since I used to hesitate and delete what I wrote directly after writing sometimes. I was going to do that again, but wasn't able to, and my comment got a few points, so it may have been worthwhile. An uncomfortable, but probably positive change.