In all the years that I have used Joomla I have never really seen the need for front end editing. Why bother? I could just do everything in the admin.
There were always too many things that I couldn't do on the front end that meant I was forever switching between the two.
For years when creating web sites we've added a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section to our site. Please stop NOW.
It should be no surprise that I am a supporter of the GPL licence for software. Today I would like to apologise to developers of javascript and icon libraries that I have unknowingly ripped off and defrauded.