Is proliferation of katakana words in Japanese are good thing?

Question:

Do you think it's easier than having kanji? What do you think?

Answer:

It's an age old debate, both have it's merits and demerits. A lot of things are better left with the Katakana spelling because a Kanji spelling would be just as unintelligible as the katakana. There are a lot of loan words and spellings (especially related to technology) that do not translate well into kanji at all, that leaves only katakana to fill in the spot.