Ouch, isn't that a little harsh? xD; He's entitled to his own opinion, though maybe he should have given this feedback before, it doesn't mean he's not allowed to give it anymore... ^^;

Anyway, in October, when we had our first layout change, pretty much everybody hated it and thought it was awful, then people got used to it, then started to love it.
With changes like these, it's really rare that you'll automatically love it from the start. It takes time to get used to, but once you get the hang of all the new features and layout, it'll seem better to you. And like CK said, I don't think this is the final product of the new layout either >__<

( on another note, I don't see at all how this layout looks like Gaia's layout, but that might just be me XD; )