Is artist grid view still in iTunes 11?

I'm still running 10.7. I use iTunes on my Mac Mini mostly for playing all 70 gigs of music randomly/shuffle. I keep the view set to grid > artist and the slider fairly small. I'm happy with everything the way it is but I want to keep the system updated if needed. As you can see this is how 10.7 is set; grid > artist view, music is shuffling.
SO;
Can I still shuffle play entire library as I do now in 10.7?
Is the artist grid view still available in 11, is it the same as 10.7 ? ie; click on view > check grid > select artist in the middle of the player (10.7)
If artist grid view is not available by default, does anyone know of a shortcut to restore it?
If I decide to NOT install 11, is 10.7 inherently insecure? ie; the thinking on this question is as a newer version of an app/program comes out the old version is not as secure as it could be. Any thoughts?
Thanks

The grid view for artists is gone in iTunes 11. It's a list now, with album art to the left. The Album view is still a grid. If you like the grid view for your artists, stay with iTunes 10.7. iTunes 10.7 is no more or less secure than iTunes 11.
Regards.

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The grid view for artists is gone in iTunes 11. It's a list now, with album art to the left. The Album view is still a grid. If you like the grid view for your artists, stay with iTunes 10.7. iTunes 10.7 is no more or less secure than iTunes 11.
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1 4
2 5
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I don't think there is anything to be done. I've tired turning off the option under View > Column Browser to Group Compilations but iTunes lists the same number of Arists in Grid mode as it did before. In the Column Browser however the number of artists listed has more than doubled. I suspect the Grid lists only those artists with at least one non-compilation track, with the remaing artists only listed under their respective Album Artist.
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tt2

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There are thousands of people asking the very same thing. It's extremely easy for Apple to add this view again!

Looks like they removed that option
I was a little worried they would actually, I have no idea why they sometimes remove cool features on updates.
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