OK Rick, I won't beat around the bush. The continued omission of docking toolbars is a problem.
As a longtime developer myself, I get satisfaction out of adding features that I consider make my software more feature-rich, higher performance, or less prone to problems. I'm a functional kind of person, which is why I became a successful developer. I understand all this, which is why when I read your comments and saw the video with the un-docked tool window, I shuddered, cringed and flinched. [Disgusting expletive deleted], another 2 years?
Dude.
I know you feel that you have your mind made up about this, but I and others have been waiting over 2 years for this one, single, solitary feature. I avoided Photoshop for 8 years during the 90's for the exact same reason. My previous image program, Paint Shop Pro 4.14, won't run on 64-bit systems. I will soon be using Paint.Net exclusively. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way - I've seen other comments to this effect.
So.
What I propose is for you to provide an estimate, money-wise, of what it will take to add docking toolbar capability to version 4.
Then, we begin a donation drive to reach the price. If I can afford it, I'll donate the whole amount myself.
I am so not kidding. Please think it over.
Thanks,
sF