Thoughts on Blizzards new Battle.net ?

After looking at the video in

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6250190.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

i saw the interface, and what blizzard is going for, reminds me too much of steam with valve. Are we going to honestly enter the age where each publisher has a "Steam" that we have to log into with seperate friendslists and whatnot? thats getting a little rediculous if you ask me.

Personally i'm not too excited about the new system. Guess i'll just have to wait and see?

Redundant.

I enjoyed the crude, raw interface SC's B.net had. It gave you a feeling of pragmatism and efficiency over pretty useless graphics and effects that made other games' online interface extremely clunky and horribly coded.

This one looks much more complex. I hope they keep it light and efficient. Also, we'd need to know more about the map sharing system to judge it properly.