According to your screenshots: - Height of post list with 8 posts, redesign: 855 px - Height of post list with 8 posts, old: 691 px - Height of thread with 7

According to your screenshots: - Height of post list with 8 posts, redesign: 855 px - Height of post list with 8 posts, old: 691 px - Height of thread with 7.5 comments, redesign: 1008 px - Height of thread with 11 posts, old: 1054 px That's ~24% more space taken in the post list, and 40% (!) more space taken for the comment thread.