presence*Why was presence drop-down menu cut from Softphone version .8.04....

Our users have begun download the 8.04.20112 upgrade and noticing the Presence dropdown menu in the upper left of the app screen has disappeared. They are not happy. Now to change your presence, instead of just being able to do it on the drop-down, you have to click on your presence status, and it opens the menu in the active window below. I'm having trouble imaging what reasons anyone could have to justify asking to remove the drop-down menu, which was much less intrusive.