I made a statement about the design update last time, so here it goes, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again:

First off, the message center. I was expecting a retheming of the message center. I was NOT expecting thumbnails and full comment views to be made available to nonsubscribers! So, yes, that rocks. And lumping journals in with art makes a fair bit more sense than lumping them with comments and favorites, so kudos for making it more than just a cosmetic update.

The home page, however, is ridiculous. It's not even a home page anymore! It's just the main Browse page! I don't know how they managed to get that change approved. Lucky for me I hardly ever use it.

EDIT: I just discovered that the old home page is more or less still available but as the "Channels" page. Who are they getting these titles from? Microsoft circa 1998???

The customizable toolbar is complicated, but at least it's a step up from that retardedly unintuitive drop-down menu with the DA icon -- and even that has changed to a little arrow next to the username, which makes a little more sense.

All in all, I'm more disappointed in what DIDN'T change since v5, which I thought made things take up too much space (I still haven't turned signatures back on, but I don't think I ever will because I have discovered that the world is a much nicer place without them) and put things in unintuitive places. There has to be a better way to lay stuff out so it all fits on small screens but people can still find their way around without any trouble.

Also... is it just me, or is deviantART getting greener and greener with every successive redesign?