I'm not quite sure what to say.
I loved the old design. I thought the old design outclassed every other forum I'd ever belonged to or visited. CAA was actually the first forum I ever belonged to, and it set the standard for me; every time I saw a new forum I would automatically evaluate how much worse it was then the CAA design.
I don't want to be a naysayer though. If the redesign was needed to fix issues then I'm all for it.
It'll just take a lot of getting used to.