P: Floating panels/toolbars

Hi again John. I love a good debate just as much as the next guy, but if you're going to take the opposing viewpoint, please provide specifics. What can of worms am I opening, exactly? What is the thinking behind Lightroom's design?

Personally, when I'm editing, I absolutely hate having to scroll up and down the left side for the right tool(and I have a 30" Apple Cinema display). So I don't see what the harm would be in being able to have all of those different tools neatly organized on the next screen. I can tell you one thing, it would save me a ton of time just in scrolling, opening, and closing alone. Why not have it be as versatile as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.?

I understand that, but floating panels do run contrary to some of the thinking behind Lightroom's design. You're opening a big can of worms!

Hi John. I completely agree that there shouldn't be infinite ways to achieve the same result, and that's not at all what I'm talking about. I'm talking about being able to use my primary display for the image only and to be able to float the current panels on the secondary monitor. I don't want Lightroom to work any differently, I just to be able to arrange my own screen, that's all.

One might say the lack of such customisation is part of Lightroom's ethos. Whereas most other Adobe apps are huge and sprawling, Lightroom is much more focussed on a certain workflow and on "doing the right thing" in an efficient, methodical way rather offering an infinite and for-many-users-bewildering choice of alternative ways to achieve the same result.

Watch this to gain an insight into the thinking https://vimeo.com/1286064 .