The current ‘free-floating’ icons-as-buttons used throughout the system are much better, and more flexible when changing the theme (unofficially, I know.)

As for the changes to the Apple and Spotlight menus, I actually really liked the old style, and the new, lower key Spotlight, looks kinda disappointing, but I’ll get used to it (using a Tiger theme probably hasn’t helped in getting attached to the old style!)

Aside from all of that, Dan, thanks for the tip on Library — I hadn’t thought to check around for Macworld specials, and decided to jump onboard. Even though they’ll be charging for the 2.0 upgrade, I figured I might as well get it now.

You’re absolutely right that iPhoto should have had search from the beginning, I’ve been using an unofficial search plugin from Ken Ferry who also produces the excellent Keyword Assistant (auto-complete for keywords), and ‘type-ahead-select’ for Mail.

And clicking in the corners only works if you click then let go and move to the left quickly in Panther.

Monstrosities is the right word. Good gravy, they are hideous. Good luck in your battle against their inclusion in the final.

As for Spotlight, I spent a very fun day demoing it to people. My favorite thing to do is do a search for “Hello World,” then open TextEdit, type “Hello World” and save the document. I never get sick of seeing the newly saved document appear immediately in the search results.