In the discussions I was reading that steeminc have deliberately let the UI development on steemit slide, in order that other devs can fill the gaps (and take the responsibility
Yes this is my take from Steemfest 2 and from what i've read this past year. This is why I think steemit.com will always be 'beta' :)
Good find, as soon as we are able to edit old posts I will add it to the list and update the other content which is out of date already.
Cheers!