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Reconfiguration of toolbars and menus is a terrible idea. Now a person can't move from computer to computer without either setting everything up like their home computer or searching the menus like a novice, which I estimate to take no less than four seconds per menu, unless it's got submenus or collapses like the extra-horrible menus in Windows 2k—then it takes even longer.
The solution is to make it possible to execute any text as a command (say, by middle clicking it), and to provide an area at the top of the screen to type commands where Fitts's law makes them easy to click. Then, since no one can be expected to remember every command a large system supports, there must be a fully searchable command browser in which commands are tagged and fully documented rather than organized heirarchically. Commands can, of course, be executed directly from the browser. Imagine if Acme swallowed Emacs then got infected with classic Mac OS, and you'll pretty much have it.
This will make the program easier for novices and experts alike.