Well, this thing is still fresh, so im all for giving the guys some slack, but so far im afraid im not exactly impressed, nor would i say that the forums are more interesting now. Its painfully slow(and im on broadband), and far to messy with the layout beeing used. Unfortunatly this entire thing are starting to look like DeviantArt, and that is certainly NOT a good thing at all. Eye candy such as avatars, smilies etc are ok, but not on the expense of the overall page performance. Reduce the size of the avatars to max 50x50 and disable smilies(which are already beeing extremely overused). AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, please change the page layout and colors to something that looks like 2006. Please staff, take a REALLY close look at CGtalk forums, and see what the tools are capable of. You really need to pick up a few things from Leonard & Co.

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com