I think I'm darned close to the famed "Average User." I can't add a hook and I don't want to learn for this bad idea. I'll find it a major inconvenience to lose control of plugin activation. That's MY decision! Reg. Thumbs comes to mind as a plugin I use somewhat often and do not want activated until a time I choose.

It seems inconsistent to force this change on us by saying "father knows best" for the average user but then not updating the theme install yet so it works the same. That kind of mismatch confuses the beginning user. I admit to missing the good old days when updates where delayed until they were done.

Rather than taking control away from intermediate and above users to "fix" something that wasn't broken anyway, please, please listen to what beginning and intermediate users want fixed. We want a decent front end editing system, a decent Post Editor, real image handling.