i have no issue on adding widget.
but yes, no more transparent status bar.
i would rather lose it than facing laggy dropdown to the most essential bar in system.
hmm, for me, the "add widget" button was lost and notifications were not shown, only clock. i´m happy that my statusbar isn´t laggy, so i dont need that build.prop entry and can have this notifications like on an iphone, i like it very much.