To be honest, I find the updated appearance has less contrast between the headings, background text, and post titles and content.
The colored borders are also "less sharp" if those are the correct descriptions.
This makes viewing and locating things "less easy" and somewhat fatiguing.
The feature and functionality changes are less offensive and I'm sure will be adjusted to in time.
So far the only feature I'm not in love with is needing to click (rather then hover) on the "Notifications" link.
