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>> re. stay in record mode after pressing stop...
> - noted. also, in the same department, to have an option for a track not staying in record-armed mode, something i was pondering ever since day one--i now sense that could only add rage to a living hell now, i guess :)

Well, that's what options are for I guess :) always makes me dreamy, the way some bizzare configuration options imply very different workflows... Hence, different music I guess...

>> re. currently selected track mixer strip...
> - that's of course a very good point; unfortunately i'm not that found to make it a top priority atm. there are plenty other good UI ideas on other s/w in the world out there. i just don't have the time nor life to evaluate all of them. i'm sure you get the picture ;)

I sure do, and please note that it's a strictly fancy, almost cosmetic feature, and yes, I do get at least an idea of the amount of work that represents. About that, I must say I'm quite amazed, because what we have right now in 2016 with Qtractor, we pretty much had it back in 2008 when I first discovered it. The interface, the menus, the look and feel, nothing has really moved a lot, just small touches, and that says a lot in my book about the perrenity (oh apparently that word doesn't exist in english, dang. "Sustainability", says google. Let's go with that) and planning of the project. I'm sure you'll say it's mostly by accident and luck, or something like that :) yeah, right.

>> re. move the playhead in one, single action
> - did i ever say that SHIFT+click on the time-ruler will do just that? including the thumb-view or in the midi clip editor canvas?

You did! I forgot, sorry. This is exactly what I need, forget about everything else on that matter.

> else, on any empty time-line space in the main tracks view? i rest my case here :)

Yes! Well, it's just peachy now ; that shift-click is super cool, sorry for forgetting this crutial bit of ergonomics. Now to my defense, I seem to recall (but I'm not sure of that either) proposing an inline, status-bar help system, similar to the one in Inkscape, a software that I use a lot and that bears a lot of similarities to Qtractor, or any DAW for that matter: The balance between complexity and ease of use. Wait no, a DAW is even more complex. Now this is one of the things I'd love to do for Qtractor. And that includes tooltip messages, too. And ultimately the Wiki. An all-encompassing Qtractor documentation project. Let's talk about that at LAC if I may.

>> re. Ableton Live approach (generic plugin control pane)
> - that's yet another good (alien;)) idea just lacking an implementation/reproduction--anyone willing to take the call and step in? :)

This one too I'd love to undertake, but clearly this is waaay above my paygrade, you should see my crappy code to understand what I mean :) but I can do mockups?