Lack of shading to the background of individual posts, within a topic, and, similarly, a lack of shading behind the headings of individual posts means that an individual topic now reads like one impenetrable continuous piece of text.
Same applies to viewing an individual forum. Again, just one massive block of black and white text to look at. Including the first lines of the topic is irrelevant and superfluous and unnecessarily takes up screen space.
Also missing the username of the last person who posted ('last reply') on a particular topic heading meaning simply browsing a forum is much more difficult when you can't decide whether to view an update from a forum user you might want to read or ignore an update from a forum user who you might not want to read!
Including the first lines of text from the former 'sticky posts' at the top of each page (and for each topic) now means you have to scroll down some way (depending on the forum) before you actually reach a new topic heading.
On a positive note, like the banner across the top with the forum headings and the individual forums as a drop down.
