I personally prefer the current site design, although mainly what I like is the sidebar that makes it easy to access everything from the front page and the useful search bar and filter. But I like seeing a lot of information displayed at once, so perhaps some people may feel less overwhelmed by the new site.
The colors are pretty jarring, if you want a change from the current ones I'd suggest using common Elder Scrolls colors, tanish brown and black lettering and trim. Or the new Skyrim colors, which seem to be mostly black/grey/dark blue tones with silver lettering and trim.
The new, better hot files viewer it greatly appreciated over the old one though.:)
