Let me address some of the points raised here:
LingQ will continue to evolve, just as the world of technology and the internet and availability of different language related services continues to evolve. No change is definitive, but part of this continuing evolution. With every change some people will be happy and some people will not. We will continue to respond to feedback and try to make the site better and better for the vast majority of users.
Finding content: This has always been a problem. The library in some languages is too large and includes content that is not of the best quality. We will need to address that. In the meantime we want to find ways to bring to the attention of learners content that they will find interesting and at an appropriate level.The Feed, once fully implemented, will be a big step forward, but in the meantime we all want to be able to see our courses and lessons in the normal way. This is going to be implemented shortly. In my experience the search works better than before, but it is not obvious how to get there.
Downloading audio: I have not had a problem. Perhaps someone could point out what the problem is.
Removing courses: Courses are just pushed down our list and no longer appear. I personally don’t see the need for specifically removing courses.
Blue words automatically become known: This can be turned off in the settings. The purpose of doing this is that a large number of people who just join don’t understand that blue words can be converted to known. They soon find out. In any case, any word that we come across , blue or un-highlighted, can be saved and the statistics are adjusted. I really don’t see the problem here.
Automatic Text To Speech: I love this feature. It is a powerful way to “listen” to words and phrases while reading. It can also be turned off in Settings, but the default needs to be “on”, otherwise many people would never find it.
Clicking on a word creates a LingQ: In fact you can decline the word by hitting “k” or marking it as “known”, or “x” and marking it “ignore”. Here again we need to default to the action of creating LingQs, since that is the key action at LingQ and one that many new learners don’t seem to get.
Division of text into pages: This may take some getting used to but has helped to make the site faster, especially LingQing. It also makes it easer to find your place across different devices. I personally prefer concentrating on a small amount of text at a time. For new members, that is just how the site is, and for older members who prefer the old way, they have Classic.
Navigation: This is an area where we can improve and will do so over the next little while. The feedback we get is very useful in this regard.
Look and feel: Obviously this personal and opinions will be all over the place. I am not on the design or technical team but I really like it.