I don't mind no changes to the UI at all. The Goodreads UI is information-dense and very powerful to use on a desktop/laptop. Alternatives, like the Readng site linked to in the posted article, are often examples of that annoying trend in web design UI where the limitations of mobile-phone touchscreens are forced on all users.
Where Goodreads has really failed to change is something not easily visible in pithy screenshots: there are a lot of bugs and missing functionality with regard to book metadata, but these flaws are something you don't quite grasp unless you become a Goodreads Librarian.
Where Goodreads has really failed to change is something not easily visible in pithy screenshots: there are a lot of bugs and missing functionality with regard to book metadata, but these flaws are something you don't quite grasp unless you become a Goodreads Librarian.