Yes, I agree, it is way to slow. Also, the "New Posts" feature is nowhere near as good as the old format.

When you click on "New Posts" here, it just shows you a listing of all the new posts throughout the system. Whereas, the old "New Posts" link on the old board would show you all the new posts for that day, arranged in order by forum. So, forums that I wanted to skip, I would just scan past that entire section. Now, there is no way that I can do that!