AndertonIf someone likes Sonar's workflow but wants a program with heavy-duty notation, then they need to make a choice. Some may stick with Sonar because as one user just posted, he used to work with notation but has since found the piano roll superior for his needs. They might choose to rewire a program like Notion, or block out in a notation-oriented program then import into Sonar for mixing. People have different needs and choose the options that meet their needs the best...as they should.
 
For Cakewalk, the returns of implementing a fancy staff view are not commensurate with the resources needed to implement it. I can print out lead sheets; if I need engraving quality (e.g., for musical examples in books) no DAW really does the job anyway. I'm probably fairly typical. Heavy-duty notation is just not that important to the majority of Sonar users, based not on anecdotal evidence but on a statistically valid sampling of the user base. The lack of interest also indicate that if it was implemented, a major (and expensive) marketing effort would be needed to convince people who are using existing notation-friendly programs to switch. There's no guarantee that would be successful, and unless Sonar attracted a whole bunch of new users because of implementing notation, then it's really not worth the resources.

1. Near and around minimum Track Height, both the Take Lines and Automation Lanes icons disappear completely, as per this example where Track 5 is minimised:
   
   
   
   When you stretch out the Track Panes horizontally, all the other 'hidden' stuff starts to reappear. Only the Take/Automation Lane icons stay hidden.
   
   Could these very useful (and oft used by me) icons please remain in view when a track is minimised.
   
   
2. I very rarely use the Browser, and even less frequently the Multidock.
   
   Please could we at least have the option not to show them at all in their collapsed state. They could easily be made visible again using the appropriate keyboard shortcuts, or from the Views menu.
   
   I just cannot understand the logic of having them on screen when they're closed.
   
   I even made a quick animation to show how passionate I am about this:
   
   
   
   
3. Please could you make the Control Bar scrollable horizontally?
   
   Much as the Inspector can be scrolled vertically without the need for scroll handles, could we not have a scrollable Control Bar?
   
   It is quite the pain to have to go through all the rigmarole of making a hidden Module visible, and then hiding it again, when it could quickly be slid into view with the scroll wheel on the mouse.
   
   I've considered using Screenshots, but I don't use them either.
   
   I can't be arsed to make an animation of a scrolling Control Bar, but here's a bit of artistic motion blur to give the impression of a seldom used Module whizzing into view: