Exactly how dead is Brushed Metal?

In case you haven’t read An Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal Interface Theme Shows Up for the WWDC Preview Build of Mac OS X Leopard or heard about the new changes coming in Leopard, or seen that Apple redesigned its Web site I thought I’d summarize Steve Jobs’ feelings towards Brushed Metal.

(And congrats to the Sopranos cast and crew. I loved the finale.)