Since CCP cannot create comment topics anymore.
Improved is very subjective here. Now I have to open 2 windows to do the same things I could do in one window before. This is not “improved” – this is just more busy work and less clear UI.
Based on this picture and a quick test on Sisi, functionality was removed from the fleet advert menu. You could set standings for alliance members to exclude certain members that were set to unfavorable standings for, for instance, awoxxing or other things.