Jim Simon wrote:I understand this would require a complete re-write of the UI.
I prefer Resolve's UI to that of Adobe software.
I vote no.
Jim, I think you may be misinterpreting the feature request? This isn't asking to adopt Adobe's UI, but to add a feature that exists in a piece of Adobe software to the existing Resolve UI. Being able to maximize a panel wouldn't change your UI experience at all. Just don't maximize panels if you don't want to use the feature.
There's actually a bit of precedence for this, and it's in a feature that I'm sure you yourself use. You can currently "Expand" the Media Pool or Inspector panels to either use the full vertical length of your screen, or only half of the screen, depending on if you want to prioritize screen space for the Timeline panel or not. This feature was implemented for a reason: To give the user the choice of how their screen's real estate is being used, depending on what their priorities are at any given time. Imagine being able to do something similar for other panels (like the Timeline panel), and being able to expand to the full screen instead of just vertically. And just to be clear here, because I know people get scared of change, I'm not saying we
replace the current "Expand" feature, but to
add a maximize feature.
I think we can imagine a world that this feature exists without a "complete re-write of the UI", no?