I'm not having the problems listed others have mentioned above, so I believe my problem is with the new "upgrade" itself. (I access from an iphone (don't have a computer) if that is relevant to what is happening.) (Underlined one sentence descriptions of each issue for ease of review.)

The biggest issues noticed:

•Enormous first column is now devoted to telling me that I have posts in a given thread, how many, and when the last one was. Who cares? I already know who I am talking with, PLUS (assuming one has the setting to have it), a checkmake already indicates participation/subscription. Having an enormous first column is redundant and a creates big problem.

•Beyond the redundancy, here is the problem. It crushes the title of the thread --the most important element of any line into a ridiculously small space. Because the simple checkmark has been replaced with additional unnecessary wordiness, all you tend to get is one word of the title in the first line of the title line. It is now virtually like trying to read words stacked in a column instead of in a line (as is far easier to read). Title crushed into stacked column is hard to read

•Any time I go to a new page, I am greeted by a gray screen. I need to scroll down 1 1/2 screen heights before I come to the actual text. Very annoying.

Needless to say, NOT a fan of the "upgrade". Maybe it is because I'm on a phone. Maybe it's because it's not the latest model (5c -- older, but not a relic). Maybe these aren't issues on an actual computer. I hope this isn't too harsh, but I do feel quite strongly about it.

Bottom line: The new layout is a disaster.