In reply to Otto.

The default preview for posts and pages are there but what about themes like "storefront", from Woo, which have been in top 10. The default preview is useless for these plugin based themes. Many developers use default theme options to look good in preview. Have look at the theme "zerif-lite", Once you use this theme you are stuck with it for forever. This new design will encourage such themes.

We love WordPress for being flexible and that one change will discourage developers who keep content part limited to recommended plugin.

My other observations on the new design are :

1. No "Last Updated" date, i will avoid any theme or plugin that not have been updated in last 1 year.

2. No "Recently Updated" theme listing. Many developers like me regularly update our themes to remain in a list. The result will be less theme updates, more new theme submissions.

3. The "Latest" theme listing showing up old themes.

4. Sometime I loved to check out the total download of the day. it is missing now.