Just want to say that new UI is very nice, I like it a lot.
I have gotten the Mer 0.11 desktop to run from a chroot as a replacement for the Maemo desktop (using this technique). I think I like it better. I'm still debugging little things; for instance, the tablet is connected to the Internet, but network manager isn't running so Mer thinks I'm offline (Midori still browses the 'Net, however). I'm sure I can fiddle some more and get this working... But Tear looks really nice in the Mer UI.

I would like a "logout" function. I can't escape the Mer desktop once I've started it, except to reboot the tablet.
When I rotate the UI to portrait, the top bar doesn't resize as gracefully as I'd like, but I'm sure you guys are working on it...