[convolvatron]

I agree. when they added those things I immediately turned them off and never looked back. the author argues that they are just a couple lines..but they are a couple lines of useless noise

[Jtsummers]

> but they are a couple lines of useless noise

for people who know the system. The menubar is useful for discovery if you're new to the system, which seems to be the audience they're writing for.