Faracat, Thanks for that tip about going to HHO 2013 style. It's more like the old style but a different colour. It is so preferable to the new style/colours/format.
I, too, would like a pm re: the other forum, please.
I didn't want to whinge and so I have tried, but I really think that this version is vastly inferior to it's previous version. Seem to be lots of people missing, it's very boring on here now.
When I first logged on to the new site, I could hardly read it because of the "glare". Somehow, I seem to have managed to bring up the green/ grey version (did TFC help me out there - if so thank you), much better and less glare.
BUT, despite having an ad-blocker, I haven't been able to get rid of the side ads, which take up far too much space. I guess HHO are trying to become much more like the other horse selling sites, but it really does affect the forum. So...I have just made the page a whole lot bigger (about 5 times) and I now can't see the ads - result.
For those who can't stand the massive adverts, try using the mobile version of the forum on your desktop. It still sucks compared to the old forum but its far better than the new desktop layout IMO.