Can someone please explain to me the rational behind the changes at FA?

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In general, changes should not be made to a service without urgent need. What visitors/customers/whatever want is regularity; to know how to handle a service - even if the design may not be ideal - and have what they want at the push of a button, rather than have to rediscover every feature over again every few months. Personally, I find them annoying and I cannot see the point, so, if anyone can explain them, I will be grateful.

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I still think it's fussy. And I heartily dislike the many-pieces-of-artwork format, with no centre to focus on. Speaking as an artist, I would have designed it differently. I agree that the previous piece of artwork was nothing much - I found it showy and superficial - but it had the great visual advantage of being a single item with a clear centre and composition. This one loses the eye. It is simply bad as design, whatever the quality of individual items. And I still find the on-page indications excessive.