The issue was brought up during the beta. At least there is now a registry hack to change it. However, I made the decision to stick with the standard UI after seeing Vista and Office 2007.
>I ran into the same situation. I also felt that this was upside down. But, they rule the world. So, we have to conform to this. :)
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer