Comment 19 for bug 1347305

Some more feedback from the unsuspecting user's perspective: To me, it seems that the new, greyed-out UI design is encouraging a kind of "linear" approach to composing an e-mail:

First, add recipient (when field is highlighted in white), then add subject line (before you forget it, otherwise Thunderbird will give you a friendly reminder), then write message text. This kind of "guided linear thinking" simply does not fit my thinking. I have caught myself hesitating to change the subject line when I thought of a better one while writing the message text, again because the subject line looked un-editable.

Really, I am trying to make use of this new UI, but I keep failing. Or is it rather the UI that is failing me? All has been working just fine before. Will there at least be an option or an add-on to "get back", or rather to be able to "think forward"?