ASP.NET Simplicity -- When Is Too Much Simplicity a Bad Thing

This is a good post to read, plus all the comments.  Many developers have real concerns about ASP.NET 2.0 and the direction it's taken.  ASP.NET 1.X is a very good product.  I'm really not so sure about ASP.NET 2.0.

I'd like to see Microsoft step up to the plate here and instead of saying it's "working as designed" say "we are listening to your feedback and we are going to slip the release date so we can do it right".

I've thought about trying to stick with ASP.NET 1.X, but there are just so many (too many?) obstacles.  I can't throw out all of Visual Studio 2005 just because I'm not happy with the breaking changes to ASP.NET 2.0.  I really like most of the VS 2005 non-ASP.NET 2.0 related changes.  I even like some of the ASP.NET 2.0 non-breaking changes.

I'm sure there are a lot of people watching to see what Microsoft does with this one.  Backward compatibility matters.