Subject and Address boxes have blue background not white

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Apologies for sound harsh, but...
I have seen a few posts related to this but I fail to understand why removing the boxes with a clear white background for addresses and subject lines (except on hover and input) was considered to be a beneficial change.
I work as an IT tutor - generally on a one-to-one basis with older people - and this type of change is particularly annoying.
1) There is no reason for the change.
2) The change is detrimental to usability. The appearance of the screen changes while entering addresses and email subjects. It must stay the same while entering information otherwise it can create confusion.
3) Older people need familiarity, not gimmicks! Just because you can doesn't mean that you should! Usability is key; I shouldn't have to 'discover' that the old address and subject boxes are still there by hovering the pointer over where they may be. Everything must be clearly visible.
4) Having important information on a coloured background with no clearly defined boxes is poor.
This information must be clear and not blend in with the background.
Please tell me when this important part of the email will be changed back to how it was with clearly defined boxes with a white background that is visible at all times, not just when I go looking.
Please remember that there are many more older people using computers these days and it is exactly this sort of change that causes confusion and loss of confidence.
I appreciate that this is all voluntary, but I keep on finding instances of software upgrades (not just Mozilla) where changes have been made to the user interface for no apparent reason.

I understand that my posting may have appeared harsh, but I did read other posts on this topic and none of the ones I saw actually stated that the changes to the address/subject area were not going to be changed back.
Please could you direct me to the relevant posts.
As this is a collaborative project how would I know who has the final say on changes anyway?
Having said that my original comments still stand.
The change to the styling of the address/subject boxes was completely unnecessary and does not improve usability.

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