Good point Arryn about the "Mark all read" button, which seems to have been sucked into the Void Gate.
Agrajag, you can disable the banners if you want. The relevant information on how to do so is available in the SEIV thread about the forum changes,
here. It implies Proximotron and Shrapnel seems to be fine with this (Richard say so at least). Whether you choose to go this way is up to you.