[daniel1212]

"I can think of no good argument against having damn near unlimited customization on modern browsers. "

Indeed, and I appreciate your comments, as I do like varied colors, versus drab. As you might be able to tell from my (made vi word processor) web site:

It used to be a black background but someone said they did not like that!

"I certainly wish I could have menu bars available as a default "

Well, Google thinks otherwise, and it seems the best you can do with Chrome is install Proper Menubar for Google Chrome but which just adds another icon someplace near the "hambuger." Yet Firefox and Vivaldi both enable it. Which browser are you using?

[Dr. Sivana]

I use Brave for privacy and ad blocking, though I have used Vivaldi. I found “proper menubar” to be clunky. I have a 42” screen, plenty of room for menus.