Alternative, almost universally disliked version

In a way, this is almost an inevitable evolution of this design but few people liked it. I myself am ambiguous about it. On one hand, it fits the most date data into the least ink. On the other, it seems paradoxically more cluttered (I think because of all the suddenly activated negative space).

What ends up redeeming it is focusing on only one month row (say, April) and realizing it's a new infograph of sorts, intriguingly boxplotish, for a month's daynames.