Excellent MJ. I also hate the new interface. My biggest issue, among others, is that the smaller reading pane eliminated the space needed to display the names of the highlighters in the righthand margin and thus diminishes the meaningful engagement between writers and readers. My story is here if it would please you or any of your readers to read it: https://medium.com/illumination/dear-medium-please-stop-breaking-what-works-well-on-the-platform-dff1bf8826e3