What happened to the mini interface in 1P8?

I’m doing my due diligence on v.8 as I took a pass on v.7 and continue to be delighted with v.6 sync’s via iCloud. The 1P menu bar functionality is a core interface. I haven’t read anything here that suggests whatever it is 1P has done is a less elegant, more complicated and less complete approach. I have until Rosetta2 is no longer supported by Apple. Figure 4 years to move from v.6:) v.8 still looks very optional.