I love the new layout and graphics. The one thing I don't care for is the placement of the advertisements..

Specifically the horizontal one on the left of every page. If can just be moved to the other side, it would make everything more readable.

The way it is now, when I load a page I have to scroll to the right to see the rest of a thread..

You really using 1024 x 768 or lower? The forum is optimized for 1280 x 1024 now, although it's fluid/dynamic resizing for larger screens.