Just keep using iOS6 if you are so inexorably fond of drop shadows, dock, tacky icons. You haven't even used the new OS... maybe try it before you whine about usability.
I really meant use - not just few hours of interaction, if that.
I'm honestly curious if other people share the author's sentiments; a yearning for "state of the art" icons like the old Safari icon. It always reminded me of the Netscape Navigator 2.0 splash screen.
Apple has been very consistent in its hardware and software designs over decades. It should be no surprise that people who want stuff to stay the same are using Apple devices right now. (Not exactly the same - but mostly the same, like the icon set that the author embeds.)
From TA:
> ...after seeding iOS 7 on our beta devices, we are all like...