I'm the opposite. I don't like how toe clips aren't secure unless I really cinch the straps down, which makes them "slow-release" compared to clipless. I don't like how I have to flip the pedal around while trying to cross an intersection, and I don't like the clip dragging on the pavement while turning because I'd gotten impatient about flipping the pedal and just want to get out of the intersection.

To be fair, toeclips n' straps turned me on to the idea of using the whole pedal stroke for both power and giving various muscles a bit of a break; I wouldn't have jumped to clipless pedals & shoes straight away. But, once I got my first clipless setup, I was stoked.

I currently have metal half-clips (no straps) on my commuter. I had been using plain, but nice-looking, MKS platforms, and then wanted to see what the matching half-clips would do for me. I don't like them. The one thing they do is keep my foot in the right spot on the pedal. They don't have any retention, they're difficult to get into -- partly due to the pedals, partly due to some of the shoes I own -- and they're still long enough to drag on the pavement if I have to turn while un-half-clipped. All of the drawbacks, none of the benefits. I'm going to take these pedals off and put on some CB Mallets I have sitting around. At least they'll work well with any shoe and still give me a clipless option.