@JimW First, forgive my kneejerk reaction to the announcement of the forum upgrade, a great huzzah for that. You have once again made things better for the community and we are pleased and grateful.
Having said that, the VWX UI is so much more important to me and my older eyes than the attractiveness/usability of the forum, I weep a little inside that all company efforts are not poured into making the actual product I spend so much time with better (please see various posts about fixing, not adding features). And your comment about the simpler web update vs the complexity of the VWX UI update somehow perversely corroborates my feeling.