It seems to be yet another essay that suggests that old time users who were smart enough to understand what a turkey the X - light design is, were somehow "confused" by the new features.
When you begin with a false premise it's pretty easy to miss a lot of details... but it seems that 2-1/2 years later a lot more people have learned to be confused by the X design. A circumstance that the author describes as
"there have been some changes that are still not perfect or have proven, in practice, for most users to be suboptimal."
I think I am going to see how confusing Studio One 2.5, Pro Tools 11, and Cubase 7 are before I try the latest SONAR stuff again. I still enjoy SONAR 8.5.3 Classic Edition, it can be confusing but it never made me feel dumb just for buying it the way SONAR X did.
best regards,
mike