OK, a closer look at the screenshots posted in the UBI forum reveals (IMO) that all stuff you see currently around the periscope must in fact be the new tool bar available in EVERY station, as the current SH3/4 tool bar, but smaller and sleeker.
I bet that all that stuff can be hidden away with a taste, or with a mouse click (And also dragged around, see how it appears in different places in the different screenshots), leaving only the plain view of the station you are in.
