I guess it's not possible to please everyone, is it?
I'm glad I did my judging before the change. I don't like to have to scroll, but I just looked and it was a lot better for some photos than what I'm seeing. On a lot I just skimmed through, there was no benefit. Might as well just have stayed on the main page for those because they are really not appreciably larger to view. But then William's trick didn't work either. My box gave the option to view in another window, but that's the only option I could see and I still have to scroll.
How do some of the slideshow things work? I know in my photo program if I go to a file and select the slideshow option, everything is re-sized to fit the screen. That's a real benefit for most thumbnail size photos. Most of the time they retain good quality. If I make them larger, they get really fuzzy, but somehow the slideshow presents them with good clarity.