Well I have now used the device with the new display for a fairly long and unkown journey. I can say now for definate that whilst some elements are an improvement, text size for speed etc. overall the loss of so much of the screen is a compromise that makes this update bad.
If you apply the bar to the side of the screen, particularly when using the TMC attachment, you lose where the direction arrow points on a roundabout so it is not easy to determine where your exit is in advance so making last minute corrections inevitable or worse still taking the wrong exit. When the bar is at the bottom of the screen too much of the area through which you are moving is lost so making it difficult to confirm your position.
Sorry but this is the worst update I have had, very disappointing, please please please give the ability to make the bars smaller, or revert to the origional bar.
If I had wanted a sat nav that only gave written and audible information I would not have bought the TomTom I would have looked for something else.
