This new WatchOS touted better workout stuff, but all I use it for is walking and jogging, and for that simplest kind of workout, it is absolutely worse. And due to such simple, pointless UI changes that I have no idea why they made them.
Firstly, the elapsed time on open walks/jogs no longer shows milliseconds. Why was this removed? It's not so much that I actually need to know what fraction of a second I'm on while walking, it's that glancing at my watch and immediately seeing the time quickly incrementing reassured me that everything is active and tracking (not accidentally paused or whatever). Now I have to stare at the watch for a full second (while sweaty and tired and needing to look ahead for balance) and make sure I notice it tick. And a second in this scenario is actually immensely and obnoxiously long to stare at my wrist.
Secondly, everything is so much tinier now. When I'm tracking my walk, there are three pieces of data I show: time elapsed, distance, and calories (indoor mode) or pace (outdoor mode). Previously, everything used a much larger font. I don't know if that's because it enlarged the font based on how many total metrics you showed, or if it was always larger. But currently, the font is much smaller than before and for no reason. My watch screen is literally 75% black emptiness because the three metrics fit tightly in the bottom left corner. What the heck does it think I need the other three areas empty for?? At best I could take up more of the left vertical by adding more metrics, but I don't need them, and the right half of the screen would still be wasted space.

Firstly, the elapsed time on open walks/jogs no longer shows milliseconds. Why was this removed? It's not so much that I actually need to know what fraction of a second I'm on while walking, it's that glancing at my watch and immediately seeing the time quickly incrementing reassured me that everything is active and tracking (not accidentally paused or whatever). Now I have to stare at the watch for a full second (while sweaty and tired and needing to look ahead for balance) and make sure I notice it tick. And a second in this scenario is actually immensely and obnoxiously long to stare at my wrist.
Secondly, everything is so much tinier now. When I'm tracking my walk, there are three pieces of data I show: time elapsed, distance, and calories (indoor mode) or pace (outdoor mode). Previously, everything used a much larger font. I don't know if that's because it enlarged the font based on how many total metrics you showed, or if it was always larger. But currently, the font is much smaller than before and for no reason. My watch screen is literally 75% black emptiness because the three metrics fit tightly in the bottom left corner. What the heck does it think I need the other three areas empty for?? At best I could take up more of the left vertical by adding more metrics, but I don't need them, and the right half of the screen would still be wasted space.
