That’s a subjective cup-is-half-empty-or-half-full thing. I wouldn’t call it broken. It just works different than what you’re used to and that is just not to your liking. But to label it as “broken” is just wide off the mark and another testament to your unreasonably negative and sour attitude here.
As for 1.8 in general, it may not be flawless (no piece of software is), but it works just as well as 1.6 did and fixes some very important issues.