I'm not sure whether providing an easy fallback is the right way to go. I'm not even sure whether providing any fallback at all is a good idea. Face it: Either

I'm not sure whether providing an easy fallback is the right way to go. I'm not even sure whether providing any fallback at all is a good idea. Face it: Either you are convinced of the UI that you just created or you are not. If you are and if you are sure that it's very easy to learn for a novice user, then there's no reason to provide the fallback because wether the user is a novice or an old user - in any case, the new UI will work better, so users are better off. Providing a fallback puts a burden on you and other developers which now have to test the application in both modes (assuming the application works in both modes - like in gnome/unity). On the other hand though, if you believe that what you have done isn't absolutely perfect, then better not change anything and refine your work until it really is perfect. Providing a fallback is the same thing as the dreaded "I'm an expert user"-buttons the overly complicated UIs of the late 90ies were providing.