Hi Ed, the bad side effect of adding in those tools to the top level of the browser, would be that there would be more clutter in it, making the basic non-style-editing operation of the browser (like just hiding/showing/selecting/locking) type stuff some degree worse than the current browser.

Most of the time people are going to be using those hide/show/select tools in the browser really frequently, and actually manipulating the list of styles doesn't happen at the same level of frequency.

So that can be an overall net loss if a "high frequency" use of something gets worse by some amount, just to try and incorporate some more stuff.

Those types of extra windows or having things on pop-out menus rather than all jammed into the same top level, is actually a way that workflow can be enhanced in a lot of ways. In other words, it's not a bug, it's a feature... ;)

- Michael