The new bar is a pain. I've inadvertently opened things I didn't want to.
If they won't remove it or make it so you can toggle on and off, reversing them and placing the new bar on top would be better. For me, after I read posts and then want to return my Favorites I have to go thru that bar to get there. If it was on top it would be out of the way.
"Sort of" is such a harmless thing to say. "Sort of". It's just a filler. "Sort of" - It doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, "sort of" means everything. Like after "I love you" or "You're going to live" or "It's a boy".