If anything, it took even less time to do my taxes this year than ever before (and I've been using TurboTax for years). It's improved over those to the point where I can't imagine it getting any better!
This changed the way I do taxes. Prior to 1998 taxes were costing me a small fortune to have them done. Now I pay for the program and it does the work. Love this program. Encouraged many people to use it. Intuit is constantly improving TurboTax to ease tax filing.
What's great about it: Love the guide. Makes taxes easy to understand and file.
I have been an AARP volunteer tax counselor for the last 12 years using Tax-Wise provided thru IRS (I used TurboTax prior to that). I am used to going right to the forms, or the links to them, to enter data. While I had little difficulty re-adapting to TurboTax, there were several times where I was not sure how enter the data I wanted to. [For example I was wanting to enter direct deposit info prior to reviewing the return.] I was generally happy with TurboTax, though if I had been taking notes for this purpose while I went thru it, I could have had several suggestions for improvements.
What's great about it: Step by step approach good, especially for new user.
What's not so great: Sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for.