Hey, don't let the haters get you down. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it shows courage (if not naivete) to muck with a beloved icon.

My advice for anyone has been for years to abolish the word "redesign" from your vocabulary. Seriously. Most redesigns just swap a set of known and familiar problems with unknown problems. Also, as you can see, any dramatic change just pisses people off.

Solve one concrete problem at a time.