having had a week to process this...
- the new layout looks pretty great overall. it's got the same familiarity as the old vB layout, but is much more pleasant to look at and tbh makes normal vB stuff look absolutely ancient. great step towards revitalising some really old software.
- the bulletin board
doesn't align properly with the daily articles and it's pretty weird-looking. looks the same on mobile to me, the style is "Jupiter" (which looks the same to me as "fly me to the moon").
- community square's location still feels arbitrary. i was definitely in agreement with it not being needed right at the top of the forum, but it feels odd just being stuck where it is; it neither starts, nor ends, the non-pokémon forums despite being in nature the "first" community-based thing on here, if that makes sense. it might be worth moving it either to the bottom of the index, or above the "Create & Discover" section.
- on mobile, the online list at the bottom of the forum doesn't show for me. this has been happening for months now so it's not to do with the new homepage layout probably, but i thought i'd mention it anyway since it's kinda relevant. this is on the most recent ios, and i've seen it on all of the styles i've used in a long time (including Jupiter). it's nbd but it's kinda inconvenient sometimes.
but really, great job. pc looks completely new.
edit: also,
this keeps happening when i make the window thinner than about 850px on desktop.