Yep, however i have just given it another go and eventually it changed to the original style

Does anyone else find the new layout slow when loading and scrolling?

In addition, the background pale blue is too pale to clearly distinguish it from the white areas.

I have commented to site admin, but just wondering what others feel.

I think the panel at the top and to the top right is way too large and takes up some serious screen space. I haven't got too much of an issue with screen loading times but then I have 60Mb Virgin at home and 500Mb at work so if anything takes time its usually server side.

What connection speed are you using mate?

20 Mb Virgin.

This and the Examiner are the only 2 that load & react slowly.

Examiner site is poor, I guess it's pulling a lot of information from different sources and is hosted on a low bandwidth provider.

Have a look at the top menu there are links to the mobile site - try using that. It will determine whether its the database or images ifs struggling with.

Are you using an upto date browser too?

That is fast.

The mobile & old styles are quicker.

Latest Firefox. IE really is watching paint dry!!

Loving this thread.

Thought it was just me who'd changed it back to the 'retro' version.

'Retro' should be renamed to "... easier to read, clearer layout , and much more user-friendly..."