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The latter - I agree, is useful, and it's a shame that other browsers have not implemented that properly. But the former - IE6 interface - I disagree with you on - probably because of the way I define the word "interface".

It's true: I was really fond of IE6 in 2005 - and I thought of it as my main browser. It's fast, and it's clean. There was no extraneous stuff in the toolbar; it was just a browser. But working on multi-tab sessions became really difficult, because each "tab" was actually a window on the taskbar. So I switched to Opera.

And I guess it was then that I redefined "Interface" to include control over most aspects of the browsing: Tabs, Gestures, Easy Page Switching, and Zooming. Yes: I still keep a minimal UI (Back & Forward Buttons, Reload, Address Bar, Zoom, and View Button - no "Home", no Search or Favourites or History buttons because they can be accessed with a shortcut; but I'm addicted and dependent on Gestures and tabs with MRU.