I like the new Skate Half Cabs, and I've paid a lot of attention and had lots of Half Cabs over the years. I started skating Half Cabs in the mid 2000s and back then they had a much wider look and fit, and then around 2006 they changed the shape to be pointier and I wasn't feeling it. The suede comes up higher on the the new Half Cabs, giving more room for protection and a better view looking down.
Half Cab Pros were always shit. Every time I put it on it just didn't look or feel like a Half Cab.
Skate Half Cab is definitely stiffer, and kind of narrow inside (I have a thicc foot), but I wore them two days in a row all day at work and they broke in fine. Although I did swap the insole for Footprints, that PopCush insole is way too high on the heel.