The site still feels clogged with unecessary detail;

1)What is that awful picture across the top?

2)You should make use of white space and only use colour for very specific and ergonomical purposes.

3)Look at the most succesful site, Google the search engine is nothing special and has less facilities than most of the major ones! but now we don't search we google! Why? because of it's white space, simplicity and cleanliness. Simple!

4)Those Indymedia links on the left (indy cinema etc) are far too Gaudy and stand out too much.

5)The london site! AArgh!! i hope thats a joke

6)You need the Indymedia symbol at the top left

7)common look and feel needs to be implemented throughout the site! (get a universal template sorted)

8)Download and upload times, I haven't been on indymedia for a while mainly because of this (and not being able to post at all!!!!)and how old and rickety the site feels. But this has got be sorted. If funds are low have a donation button, I for one will contribute and i'm sure others will as well.

Good luck!