I love Spacemacs, but the old site looked better. Why all the animation? It's like the Web is devolving back to how it was when it was covered in animated gifs, marquee, and blink elements. Animation doesn't catch my attention -- it makes me want to close the page.

I'm agree with you in this particular instance. I suspect it's a tendency that comes when upgrading the look of a webpage - you want to add all the bells and whistles you've been seeing on other websites.

The old site was broken, though: all the links lead to non-existent pages.

Perhaps you are not the intended audience, then?

Like I said, I love Spacemacs. I just don't like animation for animation's sake. It's the modern equivalent of blink and marquee elements. Just saying that I like the old site better.