"Some people may dislike it. But that's a sign of good design," he said. "If you don't provoke strong opinions, you haven't done your job."
That from computer design guru Don Norman, who evaluated the new iMac (iFlatMac?) and declared it brilliant.
On the coding front release notes for AppleScript 1.8.1 The main features of this release are support for AppleScript Studio development and debugging, and access to UNIX functionality from any script.