There is now the facility to change your style of the forum to similar to how it was before the update.
To do this simply click on 'User Control Panel', then on a top tab click 'Board Preferences'. Scroll down and you will see 'My Board Style' and select 'SubSilver2'. Then click ok.
Your forum style should now be back to how it was or atleast similar and less flashy. If you want to change it back simply do the same steps, but select the style 'ProSilver'.
Hope this has helped some people.
Any questions please let me know on this thread.
Thanks,
Jake

