Hi Rusty,

re:
> It would be nice if you could set the default of which palettes were open without
> the htm editing, though I might try that some day.

It's possible to do this in the startup script. Which ones do you want to be open by default?


> Is there any way to eliminate the wasted space at the top of that section? I don't think I've
> ever seen anything there, and it would give more room for palettes.

There's actually a lot of stuff that goes there, when you run a command the options for the command are shown in that area:




And if you're not running a command but have an object selected the object properties go there:



Since there is stuff being shown there all the time it keeps some space there reserved so the palettes don't jump around as much.

- Michael