I'm trying to remember.
There might have been a blue box beneath the Random Plant photo, the blue box where ads show in the forums. I really can't remember that.
The tabs buttons used to be green and blended better with the banner, so now with the new links in the light gray bar instead of the tabs, it seems to cut into the banner a little bit, especially with the blue welcome bar across the top. Maybe that's what grabbed Hetty and I can understand that.
That might be the overall difference that is distracting our regular members, too.
I love the new look as I've mentioned before but I am just trying to see what seems so different. This is about the only thing I can come up with. Even so, I'm very happy with the new look.