Tom Early wrote:Implementing the Cut page into the Edit page would spread its features and hide them in the GUI. It is meant for specific tasks and the view and workflow options are optimised for that purpose.
People need to stop spreading this misinformation. Combining the two pages wouldn't bury much of anything in the UI. The UIs don't clash much at all and there's many design decisions made in the Cut page's panels that can replace the ones in the Edit page.
I've mentioned before that the mini-timeline could be made collapsible can combined with a zoom-scroll bar which would solve the horrible zoom navigation of the Edit page and people who like the Cut page would still be able to use it the same way.
The only real clash is how they have the timelines works but they aren't so different that a few options couldn't handle and in some cases the Cut page behavior can be the default. For example, an option for allowing empty video and audio tracks can be off by default and auto track height size can be on by default.
Most other Cut page behaviors could just be enabled via a Cut mode just like their's currently a Selection, Trim Edit, Dynamic Trim, and Blade Edit modes in the tool bar in the Edit page.
Likewise the Media page should stay separate, you already have media pool options in the Edit page, and people will use the Media page who never touch the edit page.
This I agree with though. The Media page is definitely worthy of being it's own thing since it has options for video capture and syncing video and audio in the Media Pool.