I like it, but I don't like it--just like everyone before has said. For some reason I like it because it makes the forum look MUCH cleaner. But I miss the avatars. I suppose that's the point though. "Clear it all out now!" but regardless. As is--it's nice. I'd like to see an avatar with it though.
Otherwise--another suggestion I don't know if anyone else has an input on this. Remember the old GAIA Anniversary at the Von Helson mansion? When you were in a thread, everyone who on that topic page was on that header.
With this--to make people satisfied with the avatar reduction--what about putting that same feature (Full avatars in the header) on Forums Lite--and you keep it how it is. That way--when we scroll through, we remember which AV we saw. It still reduces the amount of AVs we see, and would keep it slow enough, I feel. I don't have a recache of it nor a screen shot. Otherwise--it's a good feature. Hope you guys continue doin' stuff!
It's something to still see a forum I was at as a child still thriving, in its own way.