I don't even blame the programmers on this one. They coded what they were told. This has the smell of an artistic minded "user experience" designer more worried about the "negative space" appeal than to the fact they know little to nothing about how a business runs. I just noticed today on the PnL report they moved the handy filtering controls that made being able to quickly switch from monthly to quarterly views or add comparisons to a sub-menu off to the side under General Options. So what was a 1 or 2 click workflow is now a 5 or 6 click workflow for no added benefit.
