I agree. It was SO frustrating.
One of things i found very helpfull is info of recipes item is used in. Well new Ui is overall HUGE improvment there is so much good stuff that it would be hard to mention it all.
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I spent some time on Industry and OMG and the 'more info' drop down is sooooo nice. And I love the '...and n more NPCs you haven't met yet' awesome.
Being able to go to the specific recipe from an ingredient in my inventory is sooo much better than sorting through the recipe list, if I need to look at a couple recipes. I can't wait to see more of this.