Clinton,
Found this searching: "Is Apple making XCode Interface worse on purpose?"... I to am have been writing software on Apple devices since the late 80's... Earlier this year, I finally gave up on XCode, and am living a post Stockholm Syndrome life with Appcode as my primary IDE for the iOS development I do. I wish I had found this years ago. I only use Xcode for IB and building. If i could be 100% free of this mess, I would. Hope you found a happier life.
Apple: stop everything!
-eric