We will criticize but you should response.
Good Points:
* May be faster for some users.
* Good for those who have weak eye sight
Negative points:
* Bad colour combination
* Too massive layout which is taking too much space
* Eye straining and posts separation bars are too wide.
* Typical layout whereas the previous layout was more appealing, elegant, stylish and sophisticated for users.
* Current layout is not appealing.
My Suggestions:
1. Only change the home page if you willing to bring change and keep the rest of the forum as it was before.
2. If you want to keep the same layout then like mobile phone provide us two options. Site mobile version gives us two option either have mobile or have desktop version.
In a similar way provide us two options here previous old version or this new version. So we will use site the way it suits us.
3. Old is Gold.
Look at that comparison and everyone can see that old layout was far too better than this bizarre layout. I hope You will reply..:(