Hopefully it'll grow on you, David, it's intended to be a bit less cluttered and easier to use...
Reskinned myself from the default vB3 skin - the vB3 layout is a fairly outdated affair, so it's a bit of a pain to get it looking as clean as the more recent versions, but hopefully it's done the job!
Looks like they're discussing new forum software, rather than just the redesign - will be quite a change for them!
I've been meaning to tidy ZG up for ages, but it seemed to keep getting bumped down the to-do list!