Quoted from Richthofen:Robin, appreciate all the hard work but I wanted to share that I'm not a fan of the new topics page. The icons on the left and the change in colors for topics is very distracting. I prefer the old setup. Sorry, I respect and appreciate the site but disagree with that change.
You can change it in the forum settings to whatever your personal preference may be. Personally, I left the sub topic indicator on the left and moved the new posts indicator to the right. Feels much less cluttered to me. Your mileage may vary.