Why is FFX 4.0.1 so ergonomically poor? Doesn't save tabs anymore and some buttones, eg refresh "designed" virtually out of existence. This starts to look like IE!!

I am running FFX 4.0.1 over XP with SP3 and latest Windows downloads until yesterday pm.
I don't like the way I don't get offered opportunity to save multiple tabs on closing FFX - in fact I think I ought to be offered the chance to save any tabs I have open when I close it. To me - and I guess to a lot of others that's important. I also don't like the way that the refresh button (which I use often) and others have been relegated, aren't and aren't as obvious as they used to be.
FFX used to be ergonomically well-thought out...this looks like it is slipping backwards towards IE Standards.
I wanted to submit this via the normal "complaints" channel, but that doesn't want to work properly. Come on Mozilla; get your act together. This is possibly the worst release in years!!
FWIW I have been using FFX since it appeared and Netscape before that. I have never moaned about this sort of thing before. That is how poor I think that this is.

'''Saving multiple tabs'''
Firefox now always stores the old session, and you can access it by going to the History menu and selecting "Restore Previous Session"
If you want Firefox to display the message to save the session, it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.
# Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
# Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
# Locate the preference '''browser.tabs.warnOnClose''', if its value is set to '''false''', double-click on it to change its value to '''true'''
# Repeat this for these 3 preferences '''browser.warnOnQuit''', '''browser.warnOnRestart''' and '''browser.showQuitWarning'''
If you always open the last set of tabs, an alternative approach is this:
# Click the orange Firefox button, then select options to open the options window
# Go to the General panel
# Change the setting "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
'''Refresh button'''
In Firefox 4 by default the Stop, Go and Reload (refresh) buttons are combined and attached to the right hand edge of the location bar.
When you are typing in the location bar it will show the Go button. When a site is loading it shows the Stop button. At other times it shows the Reload button.
If you want separate buttons, right-click on a toolbar and choose Customize, you can then drag and drop the stop or reload buttons and place them elsewhere. If you place them in the order "Reload-Stop" on the right hand edge of the location bar they will be combined again. For more details on customizing the toolbar see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+customize+the+toolbar
'''Appearance'''
If you do not like the new UI, you can make Firefox 4 look and behave more like Firefox 3.6, for details see http://www.computertechtips.net/64/make-firefox-4-look-like-ff-3-6

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