I think the basic new compose window is an advantage since I often want to reference previous emails while writing one email, and it lets me do that without cre

I think the basic new compose window is an advantage since I often want to reference previous emails while writing one email, and it lets me do that without creating a new gmail tab. (I always though Google should add this feature: http://www.zappable.com/2011/07/things-gmail-should-fix/ http://www.zappable.com/2011/07/things-gmail-should-fix/ ) There is a separate issue that Gmail hid many options. I personally find this annoying since I don't want to click through things to change things like formatting. However, maybe the average Google user rarely uses the formatting. Also, keyboard shortcuts are faster than any clicking anyways. I assume Google has access to more data about this issue and decided it was worth it. I don't know why they don't provide more configuration options though.