Settings that need faster access

[Glenn Woodward]

I'd much rather see development of some kind of properties palette that can remain open always (perhaps it could be included in the project browser) than a pop up for properties. I can already see what layer an object is on by glancing at the status bar, and there's a default hot key to open the properties dbx, but I don't want to have to take any additional steps at all to see, or edit, all properties of a selection.

This one ties in nicely with the ability to be able to select an objects properties (color, layer, width, type) BEFORE drawing it, instead of having to editing it after drawing it.

My suggestion is to have 4 drop down boxes (1 for each property).
When you select an object, the objects properties are displayed in the drop down boxes.
You also set the drop down boxes before drawing ne objects.
Similar to many cad programs.
This alows you to draw entities whose properties are not layer depentant - same as editing an objects properties after it is drawn.