Google Docs Interface Cleaned Up

Google fixed some of the UI in Google Docs word processor application, replacing the all blue bar of tiny icons with a larger toolbar with more traditional and easier to read buttons. The interface is cleaner than before, cleaning up some of the cruft that had developed on the tab area as Google added new features and tried to cram them in.
One curious decision: Google removed the Cut, Copy and Paste buttons from the toolbar. As a power user, I approve this decision, since I never use those buttons and users have got to learn how to use the CTRL shortcuts. However, everything we know about user interfaces says that users still use those buttons even if we don’t want them to. In Microsoft Word 2003, Paste is the number one used command on the toolbar, and Copy is #3.
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