I got my 2.3.3 update this morning! Here are my inital reactions, comments, gripes and (for those who have not yet installed it) warnings.
* Why did we have to wait so long? Didn't 2.3.3 fix security issues?
There are many interface changes. Below are just the ones that confused me, but the changes are so pervasive that most of the DroidX user manual needs a rewrite. I would have liked a pop-up window during the update that said, "while you're waiting for the download, would you like to see what has changed?". Even better would be for the "Tips and Tricks" widget to be pre-populated with such information (instead of being quiet all this week). Let us remember that "terribly mysterious" is not a super-power.
* The new color scheme is not appealing to me, but that's just opinion. The relevant fact is that some apps that used to have grey-on-black buttons now have grey-on-grey buttons that are hard to read. Do the devs have to update their apps, or is there a way to change the color scheme?
* The 3 persistent softkeys have been replaced by 4 configurable tiles. The configurability is good, but wasn't obvious.
* The App Tray button ("up arrow") has a different look and moved to the far right.
* When I slide left and right to see my 7 screens, the "shortcut" dots that let me jump to any screen are gone. Now if you want to jump to a particular screen, you have to press the Home button when you are already in the home screen (or press it twice), and you get 7 mini-screens that act as buttons to make the jump. I like it, but would have preferred a tip to explain it.
* The "trash can," used to remove tiles when customizing the screens, moved from the bottom to the top, got a lot smaller, and is a banner instead of a tile.
* The status indicator for "vibrate mode" was an obvious "phone with zig-zag," now it's a cryptic "3 zig-zags."
It's a bit early to comment on performance or stability. My battery life seems degraded but that was probably because I spent so much time trying to make the phone do things I used to know how to do. A bunch of apps needed updating, which I figure is a good thing.
Oh and while I'm complaining 
the Verison forums are setting off alarms in my new high-security browser. The most notable alarm was that the login process uses cross-site scripting. I had to use a low-security browser to successfully log in and post.
Runestyr wrote:I got my 2.3.3 update this morning! Here are my inital reactions, comments, gripes and (for those who have not yet installed it) warnings.
* Why did we have to wait so long? Didn't 2.3.3 fix security issues?
There are many interface changes. Below are just the ones that confused me, but the changes are so pervasive that most of the DroidX user manual needs a rewrite. I would have liked a pop-up window during the update that said, "while you're waiting for the download, would you like to see what has changed?". Even better would be for the "Tips and Tricks" widget to be pre-populated with such information (instead of being quiet all this week). Let us remember that "terribly mysterious" is not a super-power.
* The new color scheme is not appealing to me, but that's just opinion. The relevant fact is that some apps that used to have grey-on-black buttons now have grey-on-grey buttons that are hard to read. Do the devs have to update their apps, or is there a way to change the color scheme?
* The 3 persistent softkeys have been replaced by 4 configurable tiles. The configurability is good, but wasn't obvious.
* The App Tray button ("up arrow") has a different look and moved to the far right.
* When I slide left and right to see my 7 screens, the "shortcut" dots that let me jump to any screen are gone. Now if you want to jump to a particular screen, you have to press the Home button when you are already in the home screen (or press it twice), and you get 7 mini-screens that act as buttons to make the jump. I like it, but would have preferred a tip to explain it.
* The "trash can," used to remove tiles when customizing the screens, moved from the bottom to the top, got a lot smaller, and is a banner instead of a tile.
* The status indicator for "vibrate mode" was an obvious "phone with zig-zag," now it's a cryptic "3 zig-zags."
It's a bit early to comment on performance or stability. My battery life seems degraded but that was probably because I spent so much time trying to make the phone do things I used to know how to do. A bunch of apps needed updating, which I figure is a good thing.
Oh and while I'm complaining
These are all completely personal opinion. I, for one, love the new colors and layout of everything. The dark status bar blends perfectly with my wallpaper. The 4 icons on the bottom can easily be changed to anything you want (well, 3 of them can) and it helps me de-clutter my apps on my home screen. I can just make the 3 I use the most the 3 on the very bottom. I personally like the indicator for vibrate mode, the old one was hard for me to see. I also like the fact that the dots don't appear anymore when scrolling through the 7 screens - the mini screens are much easier. Those dots and the red home icon drove me crazy - probably because I kept accidentally sliding to a new screen and the dots took forever to disappear. The new app tray icon still fools me, I'll admit I'm not used to it quite yet - the placement or look of it. The new trashcan placement doesn't bother me at all, it's still just as easy to drag and drop things into it. The color scheme of the menus isn't my favorite, I don't like the "light" themes. I prefer the old dark ones much better. My battery is also going a lot faster, though it's not that big of a deal. That's just my opinion, though.