An interesting argument from Adam Lein over on Pocket Now this afternoon, as he puts forward the point that Windows Phone 7.8 is currently a stronger OS than Windows Phone 8.

There's a lot here that I agree with, especially the thoughts on the Zune PC client and the Music+Video live tile:

Windows Phone 8 introduced a new Music + Videos live tile with an absolutely horrid bright green background and headphones icon.  It was a huge step back from the gorgeous musical artist imagery and Ken Burns effects from Windows Phone 7.0.  Sure the new Windows Phone 8 tile is resizable and will show some cool animations ONLY when you are listening to music, but when you’re not listening to music, it’s an absolute eye sore.  Windows Phone 7.8 on the other hand, actually upgrades the Music+Videos live tile to something very very attractive.  Instead of constantly displaying a boring ugly green box with headphones, Windows Phone 7.8 still displays the gorgeous artist artwork but also includes some nice text animations and of course the resizable tiles.

One of the worst things about Windows Phone 8 is that it no longer syncs with the fantastic Zune Desktop software. That means no more auto-playlists, sync groups, wireless syncing, simple media management, etc.  Windows Phone 7.8 still works with Zune and allows for flawless media syncing.  You can guarantee when your music and videos sync through Zune that they’ll play on Windows Phone 7.8.

Reading the article, I found myself in agreement with many of Lein's arguments. It comes back to a principle that has long held true across software updates, and further afield. You never take away features with an upgrade. Arguably Windows Phone 8 is an upgrade from 7, even if it's not a direct upgrade from Windows Phone 7.

You can read all the arguments over on Pocketnow.