The awesome problems of CAD and structure itself are what concern me, and 3.0 has thankfully given those priority. You can always be a 2.9.5.6 user. The tools are now all re-grouped to from a single column and to be where I expect them to be. So my initial dissapointment with the new interface has now taken a back seat to enjoying the new features. I just figured this out.
Scroll bars take up space.
The Tool options now allow you to pan with the space bar. Kinda like Photoshop and electric image. While you actually make a few good points and apparently a couple of bugs escaped our attention, you seem to completely miss the essence of form Z as a modeling program. Maybe if you spend more than ten minutes with it you may discover some of the real goodies of v. 3.0. Not at all.