The web developers are not punters, they develop by eye-candy, salary and what looks good rather than what is practical to the punter.
So they have no clue on what it's like to look at prices etc minutes before the race. They never experience that adrenalin rush, so if they don't experience it, they will never have a clue.

Perhaps make ya own page using excel on how you want a TAB page to look like using your colors, odds columns, betting buttons etc etc etc, and pass it on to the web developers
Or post here some "artish" ideas....surely something better than what it's become may evolve.
Agree on the older pages, simple and easy to do stuff...