Not that this will make me your favorite person, gkerber, but I pretty much disagree with everything you stated.
Healthy disagreement is good, no problem here.
For one thing, the pane is horizontally resizable. If you are using Large system fonts or something, then temporarily resize the Action Window while you're editing/viewing the properties. (I just don't believe in designing for the exception and not the rule.)
That's the point of discussion, to see what is the exception and what is not.
I like a stable view of MC, not moving this pane around, resizing that frame and docking and undocking all the time. Then I never know what state it will be in, I'm too forgetfully to always put things back all the time.
Also, floating modeless windows are to be frowned upon, not embraced.
Says who?
Finally, how can it be said that because the two functions are unrelated they should not be sharing space.
I'm saying that because they are unrelated they don't need to be sharing the same space. Playing Now is something that I think most people will leave showing, properities is not something I think most people will leave showing all the time.
So make properities detachable from the Action Window, or else it stays where it is in the Action Window. I know there are a million little things people want. I'd like this.
Maybe I am mistaken, but isn't that the whole point of the Action Window: to create a common area to perform various, unrelated MC functions?
I'm not sure any of us have been told what the point of it is, I think most of us like the idea though.
Since you make the most noise around here
Now that does not make you my favorite person, noise is an antagonistic word, not necessary, okay?
I concede that your opinion tends to bear more weight than mine
I wish.... I think we all listen to everyone and then MC does what they think is best for their program. I think it works well.
but I personally think the Action Window is shaping up very well and would be disappointed if JRiver implemented your proposed changes.
Thanks for voicing your opinion. Speak up more if you think your voice is not being heard.