You can switch to v1.5 or any of the other skins in your profile view at any time, guys, so if you have an issue with the layout, just switch back. This forum is designed to be more than an information database that dwindles into nothing after a while. We're a community, and that is why I've implemented the community features such as badges.
I decided to go with a public v2 beta and do incremental changes over time, like we did with v1, rather than one giant release date. I feel it serves the community better that way.