All I can say so far is... I don't like it, period. My favorite and main navigational feature was "new replies to my posts". I've read what you've said about subscribing to a thread. I don't like it. It was automatic before, seems it's not now. I click it and any new replies to any thread I posted in was right there at my fingertips in real time. I've been a member for at least 8 years or so and a charter member for 5 or 6 I think. I'm gonna give it a try only because I still believe in this site and the members that make/made it what it is/was, but I don't like change. I was always told, if it aint broke don't fix it. It may have been broke on your side of the fence but my side looked just fine. Also, i've had to log in twice already in the last hour. I ran to the store, was gone 15 minutes, came back and had to log in again, and before you ask the answer is yes, I did check the "keep me logged in box". So I don't know what that was all about. As of right now I feel like i've lost a good friend or at least my favorite pair of comfortable worn out shoes. I feel like i'm in a foreign country.