Hi

A lot has been said about the new UI.

I share the same general thought. It’s not the best solution.

Just starting to use it and two main aspects stand out:

The toolbar at the bottom is bad. It collides with the working space and it collides with the operating system bottom bar - which makes you afraid to go to the figma toolbar. It makes you feel constrained. Bad. And it collides with all software out there. it’s just like an appendix in the way.

Bottom buttons are good for mobile, not desktop.

Why don't you put it on the top bar - which is very empty because no one works in so many projects at once, I suppose.
You can even move these to the right and keep the toolbar in the left, without being another horizontal bar if that's what worries you.

Or, since monitors have much more horizontal space and the design areas today are more and more vertical, maybe the toolbar could be vertical, at the left edge.

Another problem I encounter is the lagginess of the Layers panel. I suppose it's because of the thumbnails of each element. They could be optional.

Thank you for listening