Yes it was strange at first, but this change is just awesome.
I can finally press down to target myself like the old times. Left/Right for enemies and Up/Down for party members (and they are highlighted in the party menu).

SO it's perfect.

And also for ppl saying they press auto-run and other buttons and you will continue to do that because you want. It's not SE fault that you don't know how to play the game.

It's like saying you dont want to access the menu but you want to keep pressing the menu button <.<