I did remove it from the thumbnail view. In order to give a thumb, you now must first open the image full size and then you can give the thumbs.
There's mostly a technical reason why this is so: I can't have a thumb for the same item on the page twice, and the popup dialog box actually is part of the page itself. So it's an "Either or" situation there.
Plus, it's probably a good idea to view the full image before awarding thumbs anyway.