[kahawe]

The problem is, before you had to count lines, then figure out it's an "A" and know which A on your instrument it is.

With this, you have to learn some English associations by heart to decipher hard-to-see dots and/or count lines so you know it's an "A", even if the shortcut to "A" was mildly helpful you STILL got to know which "A" it is.

This is hardly ANY improvement at all.

Typical tab-focused players want an extremely clear and simple instruction while typical sheet-music players want the full musical information. This satisfies neither camp.