Peppy, in general, I love the new update, I like the friends score (although it does make me feel bad sometimes) and the way scores work when you play now. Also, thanks so much for fixing the complaints with the skin update so quickly, that was really great!
I have to agree though, that everything is a bit crowded... I understand the desire to save space, but I was so confused by the update I had to read almost the entire thread to figure it out entirely.
I would agree with a tabs solution, despite you seeming against it.
Couple of quick things:
1. You say that we can toggle a lot of the new changes... could you please point out where? Maybe I'm being dense, but I can't find them...
2. You also mentioned a pp change? Are you going to elaborate soon?
[Added] 3. I think its a bit weird that when I'm playing with no mods, I see all of the no-mods scores below my highest, modded score. E.G I have a score with HD and DT, and see a bunch of lower scores without mods underneath it when I'm playing no mods. I know you want to encourage more competiton among no mods groups, but that information means nothing to me below my score... Perhaps this feature could only engage when we start to play a map. Or perhaps the "same mods" should be according to the mods on our highest score? Not trying to be critical in the slightest, just suggesting some alternatives
Thanks for (if you actually do) reading!
Ps. Peppy, I think that you are bringing a lot of cool changes in Osu!, but bringing them far to quickly. It seems as if you face a torrent of differing opinions when you release these HUGE updates. I think it would be beneficial to you and the community if you slowed the updates down a bit, so you could better receive our opinion and gauge the effectiveness of what you release.