The new design is "fine" if the max article display width is set to a much higher number and the excess padding on the front page was decreased. Based on the OP comments about testing, it seems odd it ...

8 years ago, when we launched that design in 2016? People did not uh, say that. They told me it sucked, that I sucked, it was ugly, a waste of space, bad design, etc etc. They said "go back to the old ...