The new UI for 1.7.7 for Ipad 2 is a real downgrade from 1.7.6.

Icons for skills are too large, leaving too little real estate for interaction with the environment. Text over PCs is also too large, leading to overlap making it unreadable. Similarly, text on other screens (e.g. the friends/social screen) are too large, leading to too much scrolling. My frustration with the new UI was enough to make me feel like quitting the game permanently.

It feels like there was a remake of the Ipad UI directed at the retina display on the Ipad 3 and the UI for older Ipads suffered as a consequence. STS, please run the new UI on an Ipad 2 and you'll see what I mean.

The UI for 1.7.6. on the Ipad 2 was much, much better.

For the Iphone 4 or 4s, the UI in 1.7.7 is OK.