Erk. I'm not really liking this new forum. It's a little too messy for me. Maybe I just have to get used to it. Might take a while. I can't say I like the smilies either... again, really messy looking. Also, the logo is indeed hard to read. The line goes right through the links at the top on 1024x768.
I suggest making a scheme that is like the old message board. With the old smilies, colors, images etc. Again, I might be over reacting, but I'm really not liking this. Yes, I also realize that it's not up to me, but I'm not bashing it for the sake of it. I'm making some constructive criticism.
Also, the link on the sidebar is not linked to the new messageboard. I was only able to access it because you posted a link to a specific topic in the news.
edit: okay, I switched skins from the "lunar" to "Graymatter1"... it looks a lot better now. But while I'm at this, the "show all" link for the smiles doesn't do anything. I'd still like to see the old selection of smilies in the clickable box with everything that's larger in the "show all" part. I also got the link on the left side to work. I had to reload the page for some reason to get the link to change to the new one.