This morning I was greeted with the new Beta layout which personally I don't like.........How can I change it back to the old layout? It has very large fonts and feel we should been given notification of this change and also the option to accept the change or keep the old style. Please your thoughts on this topic!

totally and completely agree! I hate it as well :D

The new interface is confusing. I have to stop to search for the links for friends, messages, and so on.

The new beta is a beta,
I think I will be friend with it in time,
the interface was BIG and 'uggly'

I realy like thy are working on a functionall menue,
and I welcomed the group button, I have misse her.

Hi Guys...
Sometimes we don't like changes in our lives - specially changes that would confuse us and change the way we are already accustomed to. At first it was my own impression "Oh Goshhh this is ugly I don't think hi5 can compete with its competitors" but as time passed I changed my opinion.

To be honest the new interface is a lot easier to navigate and a lot faster in loading time. Of course since this is still in beta it has to have some changes just like any other beta product out there, but overall it's coming nicer, cleaner, friendlier, etc.

I have a topic in how to redesign your new skins for the new hi5 and compare the current version with the beta version.
It is in the Spanish Help Group but I want you guys to look at the screen shoots and see that not too many changes to the interface have been applied. Please visit this page by clicking the following link:

  Rediseña tu nuevo perfil

If you think you are interested in me posting this topic in the English Help Group please let me know so I can start working on it. But anyway, I just want you to look at the photos and see the changes. The only thing that has been affected there is my header-banner which is in CSS which is being allowed at the moment, but the rest is just plain HTML and a good sense of color use.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! We know change is always hard, but we're hoping you'll give the new hi5 a chance to grow on you :-)

Sorry Clara, there isn't a way to opt out of the change, but as you use the new site more, please continue to share your thoughts so we can make improvements.

Marko, I'm glad you're happy to see groups back in the navigation...I am too!

Hey ! We got back our word group without going back to our profile . (:)

I see it functional,

one miss:
has no link to groups in other people's profiles

many style their profile page,
and when I visit some, I do not always know which groups they are members in,

I used that link very often.

I didn't notice that Marko .

In my profile the links of groups I'm in is there.