Our Website Design is Terrible

That's not it. The 3.0 branch has more changes and bugfixes than CI has seen in many years. None of them are as drastic as you're hoping to see, but there's definitely more than you are seeing there.

Check out the change log for more information.

Again, my reaction is "that's it?". Looking at another framework, much more progress in the same timeline.

Maybe its my fault. Maybe I am used to driving a porsche and you are driving a pinto. Who knows!