User blog comment:BertH/Layout and navigation updates coming October 3/@comment-4839035-20120921153945/@comment-8072-20120922182858

I knew the change was ad-related (it always is, and their failure to comment on that is telling)...however I hadn't seen this before, and it's shocking and disgusting.

If this was for the benefit of the users, they would have conducted numerous beta tests like they did in the past.

It's times like these I love bringing up this quote: "We want to offer you some new features and skins, but that's never mandatory" Jimbo Wales 03:24, 17 September 2007

There have skin changes of some sort almost annually now to keep up with advertisers' demands. I just wish there was some flat-out honesty about it. Don't pretend it's about functionality. Just say, "Hey, we gotta change stuff to sell ads."