[eluser]pbreit[/eluser]
Yeah, but then you lose segments. You should be able to use segments for most of your site and querystrings for the queries. I'm not sure why this is under dispute.
Yes, it would also be nice if index.php did not exist "out-of-the-box". My guess is that this is trickier with all the hosting and web server variations.
I thought this would go without saying but frameworks should make things *easier*, not harder.