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For example, the "configure toolbars" should be accessible by right-clicking the toolbars themselves for example, a-la OSX or Epiphany.

Wrong. It is bad design to make only one (not obvious) way of doing something. Many users never figure out what context menus are. It's wrong to consign the toolbar options to just a small menu. No decently designed app does only that.

Also, you really ought to have mentioned Konqueror's wonderful Clear Location button which should be mimiced by default by any other X-based browsers. Not having it is an embarrassment of usability because of clipboard autocopy (a good feature).

You are also missing what the KDE project is attempting to do, Eugenia. The KDE Project seeks not to cater to the beginning user so much as provide the best fundamental technology so that those who would prefer a simplified solution can purchase wares from integrators like Lindows, Xandros, or Lycoris. When you graduate from the bottle, it makes no sense to make you have to muck around in a registry.

Your attitude of shove every power-user setting into the registry is rejected by all the millions of Windows users who have downloaded TweakUI and its clones.

Regarding your remark about Plastik, you should have realized that changing the default theme in 3.2 would have been bad since Keramik has only been the default for ~1 year. Changing the default theme so rapidly goes against your professed belief in keeping things consistent and simple for beginners, which is why KDE will switch to Plastik in the next revision after 3.2