As much information per page as the old forum had; make it just as easy to access.

That's it.

Everything else is stylistic complaints, but on this one issue, from a technical and human factors standpoint, the new forum is a collossal step in the wrong direction.

After that if the Fisher Price graphics and all the other "bells and whistles" stay around, very few people will care.

The change made is as if the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal suddenly decided to mimic USA Today.