You're right about the new design's usability. It's a huge leap from Safari 5's IMO, but still isn't ideal. And please note that you can use keyboard shortcuts

You're right about the new design's usability. It's a huge leap from Safari 5's IMO, but still isn't ideal. And please note that you can use keyboard shortcuts (control,1-8 and control,shift,1-4). That'll saves you a lot of time (I too don't know what those icons mean yet!). It's still beta though, and many things would change.