I think the default position is stupid..I don't use the Marketplace, stop shoving it in my face.
While I overall like the new menu much better than the blades, I think they also have a lot of unnecessary content in there, and it should be made a bit smaller like someone above said.
The avatars are another attempt to beat Sony - I don't care what anyone says. They wanted to shove these crappy avatars out the door, and theres going to be updates that make them better little by little. MS just wanted to beat Sony's Home service, so now when Home comes out people will say 'They copied MS's avatars!' It's like your old 360 that RROD, except instead you look like 5 of your friends..they'll release 'Jasper Avatars' in a little while..
Like I said tho, overall it's nice...honestly, besides the look of the menu (not so much how it works), the only good thing to come out of this is group private chats, which is enough to make me happy. Well ok, that and being able to install your games. I have an elite and I've bought 1 arcade game..it's about time I start using the HDD for something.







