Hello,
I must say I'm also quite disappointed in seeing features I rely on being changed or removed.
My team doesn't need the chat, but deos neet the comments which do not allow to be edited (also the previous version but it would be very useful) and do not appear as "newest on top". So this results in more scrolling down to see the latest and scroll back up to click on the other options.
Also, we had the notes and comments on the same view, but now we need to clic to change the view.
Please, to improve a tool is not to remove feature, it is about adding and improving features.
Why do you put so much energy in improving the esthetics of the tool but make it worse?
Keep in mind that everybody uses PLANNER in a different way, so what may seem useless to you is instead very important for others, and vice versa.
Thanks for your efforts and hope to get a feedback on my comment.