it was painless, all my plugins were kept in place, all preferences untouched, no browser problem.., as though nothing had changed (on the surface).

hope yours is the same experience.

custom shelf?? well, hair cut and shave remained in place in 8.5, i only have custom shelves in V7. (my graphic card wont read hardware rendering or high resolution (forget what its called) in the view in 8.5)