I also agree. Even us infrequent posters get a bit confused when
we first see the buttons. Another item along this same idea that confuses
me a bit is that after you press "new" you see your post in the
same box with a view of it above. First time I saw this
I wasn't sure if my comment had actually been posted or
if I was simply seeing a "preview" of the post. I almost pressed
new again. After pressing a "Submit" button I would like to go
back to the view where I see the original post and all
replys below it so that I actually see my post showing up immediately.
I can then always click on the post to edit if needed.