Wowinsider did a post today on addons and mentioned our dear old carbonite. It includes many alternatives. I just wanted to post this here so if anyone was interested in just bailing from carbonite alltogether, they can:
http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/09/06/ad...addon-mailbag/
I, for one, appreciate that a fan is working on carbonite, but at this point, I'm thinking of just biting the bullet and using alternative addons. I will miss this addon, but I have become WAY overdependent on it.