I don’t often get involved in discussions on forums, but for what it’s worth I’m also very concerned about the design direction Cubase is headed in with v7. The new GUI decisions have all been terrible. I’m not sure what happened - 6.5 is a masterpiece by comparison.
From the first day of v7’s release, I was worried. I even sent a very quick redesign http://goo.gl/imFyR to Steinberg, to show that they may have “thrown the baby out with the bathwater”. The resizing thing is an unnecessary burden; it’s practically impossible to design something that looks good at all sizes. Personally, I’d go back to a couple of fixed size options, and make sure they’re always beautiful.
We all occasionally venture down roads that lead nowhere, and there’s really no shame in reversing and heading in a different, better direction. Personally, I really hope Steinberg consider it. Until then, I’ll remain on 6.5.