We (the public) will tolerate user interface improvements, but not changes, for change's sake (unless we have the option to retain the previous UI).
Microsoft doesn't seem to "get", that users make an investment of time and effort in learning how to efficiently use a UI. They do this, not because they enjoy learning a new UI, but so they can efficiently do... whatever it is they are using the computer for. Often, this is Real Work, the kind they get paid for, or yelled at if they don't do it quickly enough.
Hey! Microsoft! I have some news for you...your product is not a choice, it's a necessity. People need to have it, in order to use their computers at all. We don't enjoy it when you make us re-learn the UI. We enjoy it even less, when you do it EVERY G*DDAMN YEAR!
Pick a UI, and stick with it. And take those tiles and that ribbon, and shove it where the sun don't shine.
// and your "Clutter" folder, too
// didn't ask for it, don't need it
// spent the better part of an hour figuring out how to turn it off
Biting the hand that feeds IT
