1) you can not run a poll on this forum
2) the new layout is a result of the needed upgrade to a new version of the forum software
3) who cares about layout, functionality is what counts
Now it's more Web2-ish in design One can get used to these changes as many forums these days are more or less like this one. I like the bar with useful links at the top, very helpful IMO. Too bad that one can't pick a skin he likes (for the retro look), but you can't always get what you want... ;-)
Yes, this option has been removed as link in the user name.
But it is still available through advanced search.
This is how to act:
click "advanced search"
click "search by type"
fill "user name" + select "find threads started by user" + click "search now"
and there are the threads a user started
No doubt, people who changed the options are very concious about the quality of this forum and it is not possible that you will get everything according to your demands always.
As pvgool mentioned it's available through advanced search. I'm not sure why they removed that option from the dropdown menu when clicking on a member name. I've added it back. If you click on my member name you should see an option for "Find all started threads".
If you click on your name, not your Avatar, you'll see that the Find all started threads feature was added to the resulting dropdown just as photofox said on 2009-12-24.