User blog comment:Ducksoup/Sprucing up your Main Page: Introducing the Hero Image/@comment-3328029-20150304155600

To me, this expands on my biggest issue with the new skin; you're using lots of whitespace. I prefer compact designs (so it's a bit personal personal), but I also feel it forces content to have less space (the skin) and forces users to scroll down more (the text addition just as much as the image), while (in my opinion) making the page look like some forced attempt to be a "modern" design (which, like modern buildings, looks bland).

Edit: Also, what happened to the talk page link?