Yeh, they;'re getting a lot of flack on their forum regarding the colors. Apparently, track color customization went away when they implemented color gradients (cute, but probably should be optional).
Other than that, the new UI has a lot of convenience enhancements:
If you think the new UI has room for improvement, just check out their new re-vamped
website. It's a case-study in how to make a site slow, confusing and hard to navigate.