How do I get to my mail box?
How do I find my favorite threads?

Click on the person icon in the top right of your screen.

@DavidLMO -- David, did you figure it out? There's an envelope icon at the upper right-hand side of the screen fo your mailbox; and if you go all the way to the bottom of the home screen it gives you an option to customize your home page so your updated forums list will be at the top of the home page if you want (or wherever else you want it to be).

Ah thanks folks. I have poor eyesight anyway and the new layout snuck up on me as in SURPRISE

DavidLMO said:Ah thanks folks. I have poor eyesight anyway and the new layout snuck up on me as in SURPRISE

It surprised me too -- and I knew it was coming...

not helped by the fact that I have a new computer that I'm trying to get used to...

At the top of each forum, there's not a link back to the main forum page. I'm sure that detail is inconvenient.

A discussion is in the Site Forum The thread "September 2016 website redesign is complete!" in Site Talk forum and any comments should be added there.
Do you mean go back to the Home page?

purpleinopp said:
At the top of each forum, there's not a link back to the main forum page. I'm sure that detail is inconvenient.

Tiffany, do you mean a link to the entire list of forums? I've already forgotten where that was before... on the left-hand side of the page, I think? Although the forum list can be found under the "community" section at the top, I agree it would be helpful to have a link directly to it... I'm going to make a suggestion on the site talk forum

If I click on house plants forum for example, and finish reading the discussions there, there's no link back to this page, to read the other forums:
http://garden.org/forums/

If you change you Home page layout, you can have your Watched forum list right at the top each time you go back to your Home page

It's there, defaulted right now further down the page. Just move it further to the top.

TY for the comment. I've never had a watched forum list, I just go to the forum page & visit the forums that interest me, after visiting all discussions in which I'm involved that have new comments.

Both of those facilities used to be accessible by 1 click from any page on the site.

Go to Home page
Scroll to the bottom and click on » Customize your homepage
There you see a series of boxes: Find the one called 'Watcher Notifications' (left side) for your watched forums, or Forum Lists for all the Forums you are watching
Hold you mouse over that 'Watcher Notification' and while left clicking and holding, drag it to the very top left box and drop it in there (by releasing the mouse)
Now take the other feature that is in the top left box and drag and drop it in the box you just vacated.

Now your watched threads (or whatever you choose) are at the very top. You can remove any of the features you don;t want to see at all by dragging it to the 'Available for use' box on the left.

The entire list is now under the Community button at the top.

Dave,
After playing a bit on the customization page, I'm really liking the new layout!
Thanks!

For anyone who hasn't seen it on the Site Talk forum -- Dave has added a link to the forums list at the bottom of the page, in the same box as the link back to the home page (I've circled it in red here)

I loved it at first sight! Thank you!