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Originally Posted by BetterRed
If a user removes the Convert books tools from the toolbars/menus and uses a shortcut to Convert books then they have no means to get at Create catalogue - who might do that, me for a start.
Calibre has lots of features that don't have a 'home', Polish boots, Browse annotations, Open book folder, Mark books to name a few. I fail to see any inherent connection between converting file formats and creating a list of books.
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I'm not concerned someone knowing how to change the toolbar. They're miles ahead because they have seen the list of actions available when editing a toolbar. At minimum they know it is there.
What I'm worried about is discoverability. We spend a large amount of time pointing people to stuff that already exists but haven't found or perhaps haven't been looked for. It feels that more and more people ask instead of searching. If "things" are accessible without changing the toolbar then we are ahead because we can say "Click there and do that" instead of "Put this on a toolbar then ...". This is why I want the "All GUI actions" somewhere by default.
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I am pretty sure I have a much higher tolerance to UI changes than most people, another ramification of getting old I guess 
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My experience as someone who changes the UI from time to time: even moving a period in a phrase can provoke comments/complaints. These all cost time and mental energy. Time I have more of. Mental energy I have less and less of.
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You didn't respond to my suggestion of putting the Tag browser Search bar at the top of the TB window and leaving the Configuration button at the bottom - roughly:
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Would then be similar to the main window - search bar at top, configure at bottom.
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This feels a lot like "Do it this way because I like it." Others might say "Don't change it." Others might want the opposite of what you suggest. Others (like me actually) might say "Get rid of them completely." I'm still considering whether proposing/implementing a change is worth the cost.