dude, post that in the beta forums, preferably in the thread about UI feedback...
i was telling the UI designer the same thing, but he told me that people "use it all the time [to compare the cost vs. available resources]". i have not seen a single person say "yay, the change is good" but universally a "it was better before"... the more voices the better, or we might actually really have to learn to live with it....
my bi8ggest problem is that i can't look at resources at the same time as mini map. (our eyes can only focus on 1 thing at a time.) however i do like the fact that info about the unit and its resource costs align allows me to compare and see exactly what him going to have when im done. however i feel there could be another way to do so that i don't have to look with both eyes moving in 2 different directions. i find i either have to look at my unit buildings or look at the mini map there is a better way i can think of a few options off the top of my head that would look very nice and shiny,
also the numbers are 2 damn small need to be bigger. not as bad as alpha but still to small... (sometimes i think developers are brain dead or have never played video games for more than 5 minutes at a time...)
just because something looks cool doesn't mean its functional like if a had a saw made of diamonds (solid diamonds.) it would be pretty but useless.