Thanks for getting back to me Michael,

I am definitely all for less repetitive movement when it comes to modeling. That said I find it currently causes more repetition because of the amount of object switching that needs to be done, especially in a boolean style workflow. I'm glad you can just hit escape to deselect because I find mouse clicking to be much more damaging when it comes to repetitive stress injuries. It just feels like it slows down the flow of modeling. The option to turn it on or off would be nice because it would accommodate multiple workflows.

On another note, I do like how re-clicking a selected object allows you to go in and pick elements of your choosing, no need to switch btw faces and edges.

On a whole tho, MoI has rekindled my modeling fire. It's so freeing compared to poly-modeling, and now that I've got my hotkeys set up it has that grand piano feel that XSI gives which makes things fast and unimpeded.