Look, this is new and improved software - yes, it changes some things and the look, and no, Bakalor won't go in and restore links to the notes and the radio show because he is just not doing that anymore - hopefully we'll get the Calendar and the Who's Online buttons back, as that's in preferences somewhere in the control panel, but if you see things in e-mail (a function I don't even know about on this site) or where your PMs, are, take a deep breath and just get used to the new deal, because there's no going back. It happens whenever ANY site upgrades their software - Facebook just became the "new" Facebook - people hate it, violently, but they're not changing it back and everyone is just getting used to it in its new form.
Bruce, I think you should trust yourself more and go in and change this stuff yourself. It's not rocket science--I have message boards and forums (fora?) on my site and most of the Admin stuff is easy-peasy, most of it is simply checking off option boxes.
BTW, the annoying "LOADING" error is still popping up when you try to quote when you have the Quick Reply box up. That would be my first request to get fixed.