Overall a big improvement.
But my own biggest pet peeve remains: Could we
please have the 'next page' buttons at bottom right be
BIGGER? They're a little better than in the previous version, where they were truly microscopic, but hitting still requires un-necessarily precise mouse navigation.
Fitt's Law says the smaller the target, the longer it takes to acquire it. This is a very important lesson of human interface design (eg see
this site).