Re: Then there is the Whitespace everywhere
The trends of whitespace bloat, lack of customization and forced updates have already come together in Microsoft's chat product, Skype. A quick look at their community forum shows how popular this combination is.
If the whole OS interface is going this way, I'm sticking to Windows 7 at work (and Kubuntu at home) - and there will be a lot more stick-in-the-muds like me.