Although I won't completely miss it, I will say that the original Triforce Quest didn't bother me as much as the next guy. I loved searching for the charts and salvaging the shards themselves, it just brings such an adventurous feeling to me and I cannot really explain why. Concerning the price of deciphering the charts, I've never found money hard to come by in The Wind Waker, and, more often than not, I'd gather enough rupees to decipher a chart after I found it.
Now, they way it's done in TWWHD is surely an improvement. I didn't hate the quest with a passion, sure, but it felt drawn-out at times, and I would certainly refer to it as padding.