I agree fully, MF. It's very disheartening to see so much change on a website now. Here are some of my complaints about this:
1. The blue look is completely sterile and void of any of the 'zesty youthfulness' that is YC.
2. The pop up sponsor ads are uncalled for really.
3. The fact that we have to go to a new page now to do our status updates is inconvenient.
4. I don't like that each post now includes information on the users profile. I feel if people want to view another persons profile, they will go to that profile themselves.
5. The profile page itself is now messed up AGAIN. Especially the layout of the community stats.
6. The view new content is too complicated now. Why can't we just have one list of ALL the new content in one page... instead of having to click the separate areas of the site now?
Finally, I want to add to what MF wrote. We need some degree of uniformity. If I were a new member coming to this page and seen all this change happen in the blink of an eye.. I'd probably leave and find something else. It's really stupid, imo. Makes me really just want to call for a return to old YC or leave and find a new forum to peruse.