The biggest difference is that the new forum only functions with javascript enabled in your browser. For example, if we look at the code in the old forum for the button sending you to the first page of a thread (Sbiper's And they shall reap the whirlwind), we see simple HTML highlighted in blue.
However, if we look at the button for previous in the Welcome thread on the new forum we see a call to a script in blue.

It is probably safe as well as necessary to enable javascript for the new forum because there are no adverts and thus no one has the ability to send malware scripts from some unknown site to the page. I use Firefox with the Noscript addon which can allow scripts from a page but deny scripts from other sites.
However, if we look at the button for previous in the Welcome thread on the new forum we see a call to a script in blue.
It is probably safe as well as necessary to enable javascript for the new forum because there are no adverts and thus no one has the ability to send malware scripts from some unknown site to the page. I use Firefox with the Noscript addon which can allow scripts from a page but deny scripts from other sites.
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