> I haven't looked closely at 3.9 but is there even a significant
> difference between the UI in 3.8 and 3.9?

I looked at it again and it was not what I remembered.  But it is
different from the UI in the version of MC that comes with 3,8.  My
guess is that some of the problems I had are related to the bugs that
were reported recently.  The documentation you mentioned will help.

-Ralph Johnson