First, the button states are not clear. The color difference between submit as hot and submit as dead are not distinct enough. I keep clicking submit and wondering why nothing is happening; or I click submit twice due to lack of immediate feedback, and my message posts twice.

Second, user flow for submitting a new topic is not clear in that it was not obvious I had to check a category before submit was hot. If something is mandatory, it doesn't have to be bright red but maybe it shouldn't be light text on a light background, you know?

Third, on the ipad, this site is really hard to use. Buttons and things are super close to each other and it's easy to click the wrong item - for example, on the forum, the image of the person is just as likely to get clicked as the topic of their conversation because of how they are places together.

Fourth, entering text makes the ipad blow up. I had to click in and out of the writing interface to enter a multi-paragraph response to a forum post, and the cursor was hopping all over and freaking out.

Fifth, how do I delete a post? I assume it's under the gear, but the only option I see there is to edit it.

Hope you don't mind a few nitpicks. It's nice to see a fresh new site! Although I do miss the giant background images, I liked those quite a bit.