I found quite confusing, the 2 column are not clearly separated so the very first impression is of a very messy 1 column layout
Ignoring this first impact and noticing the 2 columns logic, still remain the problem to find how to browse separately for recent script/plugin submissions or recent messages.
not that i could not guess how to do but a good layout should not require guess works or use of external search engines to find the right pages
... and replies to questions
... and replies to questions are hard to distinguish from the questions.