Actually, I would love the new look minus the
left menu too - but for different reasons. I
think the left menu makes the page look very
crowded and it's distracting to my eyes. *_* 
Also, the color tones are all so close and the
menu's background picture so distinct, I can
hardly read what is written in the menu anyhow.

I *DO* like the little pictures at the top of the
page and would actually suggest that for the
shop. In the shop, the top portion of the updates
list loads very quickly on my computer but the
rest of the page takes *forever*. I hate sitting
there, staring at the update announcement for a
series I collect and being able to do nothing but
twiddle my thumbs for the minute or two that it
takes the whole page to load so I can get to the
"Newest Entries" link.

Of course, the thing I would love the most would
be to *NOT* have to put in a hard return at the
end of every line when typing in a message. ^_~

Just a thought, for what it's worth. . . ^_^

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac