I don't even have to read anything about this (and please know I did not read any responses above, so I have a clean heart in saying this) to know what's going on (not here, specifically, but on the web in general): tons of whining, people complaining they hate it, that the interface is ruined, that they're closing their accounts and going elsewhere (where, I wonder?), that all of society is flushing down the drain, etc. I just ignore all that and move forward.
However, on topic, I think the new stuff looks pretty nice, answers some of the things I haven't liked, and gives me some new things not to like. No surprise: they didn't ask me anything before they did it all. Perhaps I'm not the most important person in the world, after all. 🙂
It is not, however, the end of the world, as I'm sure some people will be painting it.