but please understand that while I honestly feel your concerns. In order to bring the CNET forums to be an integrated part of the CNET site, these changes must be made. If the forums strayed from CNET's consistency, then eventually resources to maintain it would eventually be taken away and promotion to it would be lost.
I overall use to dictate the look and feel back when the community forums was almost in it's own world, but now that the community forums are in the eyes of many and really starting to blossom, I have to accept the changes with designs and move forward.
Like any changes, and boy have we gone through many of them, it will take sometime to get use to. And I hope that you are willing to embrace them and continue on to be part of this community. You all have been wonderful in your participation and support for this community and I thank you!
So I hope you understand my position and these changes that are absolutely necessary to keep this community alive and shining.
Respectfully yours,
-Lee