Jeff I can't agree more with your take on the editor. More needs to be streamlined and also could use an option to even disable various items that you will never need. I like the image of the concept editor too. Seems like something that somebody clever could work into a nice WP plugin even if it's not put into core.

I listen to Wordpress Weekly by the way and love the show. Seems we also have a common/similar upbringing and probably about the same age based on what you shared on a recent episode (I think it was at the end of the year). I thought that was cool. Got to love those old PC games like Doom and Quake!