XML FeedsSeriously, stop moving my buttons. I hate it when I get a new piece of software comes out and all they really did was move everything around so people would think it warrants a new major release. Probably it also did warrant that but it would be something major that has changed under the covers. And to make sure people notice and buy their new product they just move things around.
Just look at the Firefox 3.5 to Firefox 4 move. The only thing I noticed that changed and stuck with me was that everything moved to somewhere else. Soon after that I made FF 4 look like FF3.5 again because I was used to it for a while. For some reason someone also changed the order of the contextmenu and "Open in new tab" is now first in that menu instead of "Open in new window". So the first couple hundred times I was opening things in new windows instead of tabs. That annoyed me to bits. There was probably a good reason to do it. But from a users perspective I did not see it.
I don't think you should change things after a while just for the sake of changing. Your button might not be in the very best place but after seeing it in that place for years, people will get used to it.
It would be like changing the order of the pedals in your car. Or changing the order of the gears.
Don't forget your users use your product every day and they get used to the quirks. Take those quirks away and you will some of their productivity for a while and annoy them. Perhaps even enough to try something new.
That's not to say that in some cases it will be useful. But in the case of the browsers like FF3 to FF4 and IE8 to IE9 I think it was just done to show the users their was a reason to upgrade because it looked different. These browsers have been doing pretty much the same thing for the last couple of years with the same buttons. They just have newer and better engines and some never used options.
So stop moving my buttons and we will be friends again.
I understand noone will agree with me and everyone has an opinion, this was just mine, so there.
Chris is awesome.
Stop pushing my buttons by moving my buttons would be a nice title also 
Agreed. How much productivity was lost when Microsoft revamped Office apps UI's a few years back? 
You know this is where Apple win hands down with their hippie Operating System.
It's still confusing even for power users because SOME actions are faster with the keyboard. When I have 15 tabs open it's not a pretty thing to figure out the fastest way to switch to tab 11 (like first counting which tab number it is).
the open in new tab thing through me for a bit, now i end up opening everything in new windows when i go back to older versions. 
There's a context menu? Middle click does a new tab and who needs a second window? 
Sounds like old people who don't like change. I think you should embrace it. :-) 
Yeah, in posts like http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=interface_obsession_syndrome&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 "Interface Obsession Syndrome", back in '08, I have been ranting against this dumb shell game, too. It seems to affect open-source and free software more than others. 
"And you know, when I do use the back button, I don't want to have to hold the stupid button down to see the history. Just give me the little down arrow. Sigh. "
This is what stopped me from upgrading from Office 2000 for over ten years. Finally they changed something under the hood, and then, and only then, was I willing to go through the pain to learn a "new" interface.
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