User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-1272061-20100823100602

Don't like it. It looks flashy, sure, but I'd prefer if Wikia just stayed as simple as possible, without all the pointless widgets. An encyclopedia should focus on readability and I feel many of the changes are counter-productive or at least pointless (not only this one, but also some of the gallery updates, as well as the "followed pages" feature instead of a standard Watchlist). The right-hand column seems like an unnecessary change as well. It seems that the changes are made just for the sake of it, or to appease the Facebook/Myspace crowd who seem to care more about looks than performance or readability.