In reply to Nate Wright.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Nate.

I'm glad you found the distinction and the use case for Note. Indeed, it is (hopefully) a super-simple and unobtrusive experience for writing bits of text and copy throughout your site. It's important that the experience is as natural as we can get it, directly in the context of your site's design/layout.

For instance, say you're on a 13" laptop and your site is responsive. Chances are, when the customizer is loaded, your site is going to shrink and fit the condensed view while you're editing content. This means your text area display is most likely condensed and only snaps back to original size once you're done. Sure, you can dock the customizer pane, but then you lose the ability to edit the text (the purpose of being in the customizer!)

A small nuance for sure, but again, we're shooting for the most pure experience we can get.

I like your idea about improving the toolbar -- something we'll certainly look at. Thanks again for checking it out!