The new look is deliberate.
I agree it's not as eye catching as the old look, but this one is far more practical.
One of the major complaints about the old look was that the latest articles dropped off the home page too quickly.
The second most common complaint was that some of the reference stuff (General and Beginners in particular) was not easily accessible, which it now is in the right hand box under 'FM Hot-spots'.
The new look is not written in stone, so if the majority think we should return to the old look then so be it.
However, before you 'cast your vote' think about the practical side of things, use the new look for a few days, and then make your views known.
By all means make your views known right away, but let's give it a few days at least before we either accept or condemn it.
I thought long and hard about it myself before I gave it the okay, for I think it allows you to see just how rich in content the site is, whereas before so much of it was buried.