Every change made in a software solution is designed to make it "easier". The sad thing is that "easier" is a relative term and rarely does any software company focus group for all ages, all possible ways it is accessed, and all possible uses.
I do know that I am very glad I did the coop article before this upgrade. There were a tom of pictures in that article and they way you have to work with the images now would have made it very hard to keep them all straight.
I just wish that when I am using the computer they would auto-capitalize my "i". Everything else I use does. It makes using the computer very frustrating.