Rebooted, and the box shows for a few seconds before it looks normal again 
it takes up only slightly more space than before. I think my browser was trying to mix the new layout with cached parts of the old.
I got on here, first thing I thought was… 'WTH? Something isn’t right…"
So I logged on, and saw this.
It explains a lot.
Now when I opened the forum before I was logged in I could see who was online as if I was logged in 
is this meant to be or has this been added by mistake?
Yes, this ismeant to be. Guests now also can see the latest topics section. Only THE birthdays are invisible.
I think it is great 
/me did a RC
Looks good. I like change.
I like the new style of wings, though only a little bit betteer than the old one. Both are great