U-Turn behind a smoke screen

No dust has settled down. Instead of a nuclear bomb, Linden Lab just used a smoke bomb. The forums weren't destroyed, they just moved from one building to another behind a smoke screen. And the buildings were also exchanged so that when you ask a cab to drive you to the forums URL, you arrived at the new building, thinking that it was just re-painted.

Actually, you land on a page that resembles vaguely the old forums with its main sub-forums. The question now is: What's the use of SL Answers?

But Linden Lab's smoke bomb left a smell in the air. Their "focused, transparent, extensible" software gives a seriously crippled version of the forums.

First, the layout has a non-sensical fixed width. My window which isn't maximized in any way has a useless horizontal slider. (There's nothing more to see on the right.) And if I enlarge the windows, the useful part of the window is just a narrow band in the middle. Stupid!

And the hateful Dazzle colors are killing my eyes!

Then you can't say if you already read a thread. There's no marking, not even an HTML triggered color change. Nothing. And the "focused, transparent, extensible software" always jumps to the last post, assuming you read the original post, even if you don't. (I hate that.) If you don't land on the first page, you'll have to click your way back to the first post.

I won't say much about posting. I couldn't. My browser isn't supported. I got a spinning thing in a white box and it's still spinning. Of course, I can't switch to a more regular way of posting, like a plain text box. My browser has an integrated spellchecker, thanks.

Just to be thorough, I tried with Firefox. I even install an add-on to change the ugly colors... but I didn't find a thread I wished to post into. And I don't need help. Maybe a farewell post? That's the only thing I can think about. I've been running in circles for hours to try to make this mildly bearable. (And I still haven't found where to change my f*cking signature!)

In the end, the forums landscape doesn't seem to want to change. There is still these giant towers in the middle and a most complete absence of life all around.

Or is it me who is looking for something that doesn't exist (any more)? I'm so pissed that I can't express how pissed I am.