>>My question is how does an update that is almost universally hated by the user base get through to production? I think a lot of us are jealous of your work h

>>My question is how does an update that is almost universally hated by the user base get through to production? I think a lot of us are jealous of your work history right now - the answer to that question is almost always "the person who can fire me/signs my paycheck thought it was a good idea".