Yes, but it's far from perfect and is still inferior to the previous behavior. In Sailfish UI 1.x, one could be in the Events view and still be one swipe both from the app (bottom swipe) and from the multitasking view (side swipe). With this patch (however I'm thankful for it), it's either or.

No, it doesn't! I can't remember the last time I checked time using the peak gesture in Sailfish UI 2.0 - the tiny icons are barely readable and the usability is nowhere close to Sailfish UI 1.x.

Before, it was very easy to see the large time and large indicators. Now the tiny text and icons are very hard to see with the wallpaper behind it. And the online status undicator is also gone (plus bluetooth indicator is often missing even if bluetooth is on) - if Jolla decided to remove the current status bar altogether, I would barely notice.

If you add how apps now freeze while peaking (so slight peaking to see the Clock app cover while watching a video is no longer possible), it means the peak gesture is pretty much gone.