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The visual organization was much better before.  The "Artist of the Week" worked better splashed across the top and bottom.  This incorporated the art as part of the initial appeal, always changing, keeping the site fresh and edgy.  It also made "Artist of the Week"  a more integral part of Jewcy's cosmopolitan gestalt, a real feature as opposed to just another thing to click on.  It was easily integrated, but litereally held an elevated sense of purpose and value.  I do like that comments need to be clicked on, I thought the running posting took up too much space, and shouldn't be as visually important as content.  I don't like the facelessness of this new design, seeing the feature writer's portraits was very inviting.  The graphics for articles are generally terrific, I also liked the size of the images before although the 1,2,3,4 option of recent features is a great addition….The magazine like quality of the other layout had more, well, "Jewce" to it, it had more power.  I don't think you need to sacrifice the new user friendly, weby techy bells and whistles, just bring back some of the dynamic warmth the old one had.  

I can go on and on… there's another snowstorm in Chicago, my focus on Jewcy's new hairstyle, and time to actually write has coincided with major storm systems and extreme cold… Plus, as an artist, this is probably the only thing I'm truly qualified to comment on.