This was the old format. If so, then this is super!
Keep the old format forever!!!!!
How do we change back? This new format is terrible.
+9000
Not only did everything just become garish, hideous, and downright obnoxious, but for whatever reason the changes made are lagging my PC to the point of being unusable. Someone please tell me this is only temporary (or that it is just a nightmare I'm having, a bad joke/prank, etc.) 
this current format 3/26/12 is much nicer and easier to work with. just joined this month so not sure if this is the "old or new" but its better than yesterdays!
my only complaint is that I can't change the font to Times New Roman, I don't think anything else that has been changed is bad though, seems fine to me, don't really have an opinion on any of it. but I really like Times New Roman.
Hey It really is confusing!
It going to confuse many players
Team Matches and Vote Chess are going to be lost because of this format
I originally thought something was wrong with my computer.
Saw nobody talking about it but here!
I'll have the panadol thanks andy without the orange flavour though, don't have a cold just a stupid headache.
New is always good
Новое всегда хорошо
Yeah, I'm not surprised that that would be a Russian motto (heehee!).
It seems to only be us 'oldies' who believe "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Change for the sake of change? Sure I'll get used to this new format (no choice) but where-oh-where is the log out button?? Have to laugh (wryly) at the reminder to be friendly and helpful - indeed, it makes me think of one of those Round Tuit headings on the To Do list... all a bit much before my morning coffee...
New is always good
Новое всегда хорошо
Being dead will be "new" for most people, but is it good?
I am calmly scrutinizing my screen but can't find the log out button! I've had my coffee, so that can't be the problem.
Pretty please, where/how can I now log out?
And so you claim to love something which you do not understand (this could be jumping the gun a little).

There are so many bugs with this site that haven't been fixed, and so many ways that things like the openings explorer and the tactics trainer fall short of the equivalent at sites like chesstempo, that I am very surprised that adding some useless eye candy was deemed more important than fixing bugs and adding missing features.