Well, I think its a little early to be posting an opinion yet and I personally loathe change generally speaking. But here is my first impression.

I think its going to be confusing -- anything is til you get used to it. The actual look of the gallery doesnt personally bother me, coz I know Ill get used to it eventually. But there are a few things that do bother me...

# 1 - Using css to implement changes in how someone views the style of the site. I think thats bunk coz not everyone can code css. So if they cant, theyre stuck with the icky off white look with black text (which kills my eyes personally... glare sucks) I think you guys would have been better off adding some kind of style panel where people can change the colors by using a slider or by just adding the color codes in, like it is in our profiles. CSS is total hell to someone who doesnt know what theyre doing. Lucky for me I know code.... not so lucky for everyone else.

#2 - Viewing galleries by "Most commented" and "Most viewed" CLIQUEY!!! None of the newer posters are going to be viewed that way... everyone is automatically going to look at the elite of the site. I really wish Rendo would rise above status for a change and give everyone a fair shake. Little guys become big guys eventually, but with that in place, no one is going to get anywhere.... except those who are more known and have been here longer.

As far as it being slow, yeah Im inclined to think its server overload at present. PHP is awfully fast, and the way its loading now isnt fast at all. But ehhh glitches are to be expected when something like this is done. I think most of the changes are positive, or could be in time.

I think thats all for now LOL