Ok, I have one question for you peeps:

Of the settings that are currently individual to each dock and Shelf, which do you think should really be made global (i.e.; once selected, apply to all docks and shelves) ?

The high DPI settings are ALREADY global. You can see the little global marker next to them. Likewise for the full right-click context menu options.

When I mean making them global I don't mean removing the options from where they are - their positions already make sense EVEN when they are global.

Some global options are present in the Properties dialogs of *all* docks and shelves because that's where the user will expect to find them, and not buried in some dialog inside general Preferences.

I already told you that Winstep applications should NOT be used with Networked items, and I already explained why too: the Winstep application is single threaded and Windows takes a very long time to retrieve information from the network.

Ahah! Guess what, I found a solution!

There's a new flag (well, new to Windows 7, but the original routines were coded long before that) that allows a sort of async enumeration of networked items.

So, now the Grid Stack opens immediately and it slowly expands as more items are discovered on the Network and added to it.

Of the settings that are currently individual to each dock and Shelf, which do you think should really be made global (i.e.; once selected, apply to all docks and shelves) ?

Personally, here are the settings I think should be made global:

EVERYTHING in the Behavior tabs of docks, Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks (and this would also include everything inside the More Options and Sub-Docks dialogs) EXCEPT the Auto-Hide and Activation settings that are truly specific to that dock/shelf (i.e.; if it should auto-hide, how to activate, activation hotkeys) and the 'Show on Win+D' setting.

Here is the reasoning behind this: while it's true that people like to customize the look of each and every object, generally they like the actual *behavior* to be consistent across all the objects. As a case in point, we have the left/right mini-tabs settings.

Now someone try presenting arguments why this shouldn't be so.

Personally, I wouldn't dream of it - totally agree! Behaviour should, ideally, always be consistent across all objects of the same type. But I'd guess we'll hear some if not lots of complaints arguing the other way....

Personally, here are the settings I think should be made global:

EVERYTHING in the Behavior tabs of docks, Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks (and this would also include everything inside the More Options and Sub-Docks dialogs) EXCEPT the Auto-Hide and Activation settings that are truly specific to that dock/shelf (i.e.; if it should auto-hide, how to activate, activation hotkeys) and the 'Show on Win+D' setting.

Here is the reasoning behind this: while it's true that people like to customize the look of each and every object, generally they like the actual *behavior* to be consistent across all the objects. As a case in point, we have the left/right mini-tabs settings.

Now someone try presenting arguments why this shouldn't be so.

also 'how do you want your sub docks to open' setting is something someone might want to be per individual basis

Hmmm... If I make *all* the options in the Sub-Docks dialog global, that would solve a lot of problems (like not having a Behavior tab in the Properties dialogs of sub-docks and Grid Stacks).

well i for one have some subdocks open parallel to parent while others perpendicular

Why? Wouldn't the 'always horizontal' or 'always vertical' options do?

actually no, some of them are vertical some horizontal

Sigh. Why do you have to be like that? lol