The default positioning in 9.10 screams "broken" to me. I was almost
certain some app was wrong about my screen resolution and was mis-
placing the bubbles. I never would have dreamed it was a design
decision.

That said, "less customization" *is* definitely the way to go for the
masses. Less is more these days. Look at the wild popularity of
netbooks, Apple products, etc. -- extremely minimalistic and all the
more functional for the most common usage patterns. And usage patterns
are narrow and narrowing (web). People just want things to work out of
the box. We (the masses) want stateless, androgynous black boxes with as
much style, soul, and instant usability as possible. We don't want to
know how it works, and we don't care to change it. But only if the
default behaviors are spot-on in the first place.

That doesn't mean you can't have an "advanced" mode for the tinkerers. I
used to be a tinkerer too, and that's great. But now I've got work to
do...

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