As with every message board, the board software releases a new version every so often. This was the first "major" upgrade in while, hence why you'll have noticed a bigger difference. There has been many smaller upgrades done which you'll have been unlikely to notice.
We took the decision to upgrade for a number of reasons, there is always a number of security updates within an upgrade which make things safer and more secure for you guys, and us as well. We also have a support agreement with the board maker and they stop supporting old versions after a while, add to this that missing upgrades, especially major ones, makes upgrading much harder in the future.
We know people may take a while getting used to it, some already have, while others may just not like it but we took the decision for the majority of users who use the board.
While you suggest the figures in the poll suggest a majority of board users don't like it, that is just of those that have bothered to vote on the poll, feedback has been quite positive otherwise.
If anyone has any individual issues with things not working, could they possibly DM me with details of what isn't working, what device etc they are using and i'll try and get through everyone.