I don't mind it, having played with it for a few hours in the shops. The user experience has taken some pointers from Gnome 3 Desktop. I think the outrage is over the top and the concept model behind it is more clever than people give it credit. Don't forget there can be a degree of group think with these things - and Apple holds a lot of influence in the media due to its traditional desktop publishing connections and fan base with journalists.

If you live long enough, you or someone you love, will unavoidably be in the "disabled" category one day. Let's not make comment like a dumb person or something.