I have to admit it's better. It means a serious advancement to the original Amiga GUI system.
It's more modern than the original, yet it's still at a large distance from today. Feel free to disagree though.
There are parts that I love (buttons) but the overall impression is disturbing IMO. It still suggests me that there was no graphic artist present in the initial design phase, and that his hand now is tied...
Just an opinion though. In fact, if they can improve the GUI for 4.1 then it's fairly acceptable as a temporary one.