I am a SUMO volunteer and regularly (daily, really) respond to user issues where the individual is not aware that a menu bar exists, yet many features of Thunderbird are so readily available there. I think it was with version 78 that a decision was made to hide the menu bar, possibly for a cleaner look? Regardless, new users need help, and the menu bar makes navigation so much easier than trying to find the desired feature from that cursed hamburger menu (cursed because it has some features of menu bar and uses the same words, furthering confusion). The menu bar is even more important, now that ver 128 is out, because 128 also allows menus to be hidden that require the menu bar to be reactivated. This becomes a vicious circle. True, some users don't want the menu bar, and can easily hide it in one step. But please look at this from the new or casual user's perspective: hiding useful tools is counter-productive. This seems to be a simple change. Please, just do it for all of us. Thank you.
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