It's just more slower to use. As one of the two justices on this supreme court, I'd have to say that Genforum is a winner of our no excuse award. They are a professional organization that has been around for a long time. There simply is no excuse for failing to test a complete site revision. The people apparently don't like the revision and their votes must be heard.
Lets give it to'em subject of course to a future recount.
Ok, you're right. The people have spoken. And I agree, there is no excuse for making changes that degrade the usefulness of such a popular and useful tool for genealogical research. So they made changes to GenForum to drive more traffic into their other properties. In effect, the changes have jeopardized the very formula for GenForum's success.