I assume it's part of the 'make everything usable on a phone' thing, regardless of whether you are actually using a phone, so the thing that only contains a half screen of information is now spread over 4 screens.
But then you also have the designers that like to make things pretty, rather than give you any hint that some text is in fact clickable.
But then you also have the designers that like to make things pretty, rather than give you any hint that some text is in fact clickable.