282 has been fine for me also. I've been on it for 2 days now and no issues. Loaded up fine and did a normal battery pull afterwards to get it going.
If your on 266 and not an ATT customer then i dont see a reason to upgrade though. Its just as quick as 266 for me, memory has been about the same. The only reason i loaded it was for the 2g/3g toggle. Otherwise i would have stayed on 266. But to say its total crap i dont agree. like i said, 282 has been a great OS for me, just like 266 was.
Carlos