I don't understand all the hate for the UI. I have been complaingin about other features myself, so Im not blindly defending it. But I like the UI. There are a few parts I don't like, like workers asigned to a city hard to see (not really hard to see, more like the ovierview isnt clear and you need to focus to see what you are working).
Or that I miss info about many things, but thats not a UI problem, since they seem to have hidden info to us on purpose, like on diplomacy.
But besides those 2 things, I like the UI. But you are not the first one I see hating it, I just don't get it