I use the track view for tracking and the console view for final mix all the time. I'd be lost without the console view.

benjaminfrog
I rarely use Console View, preferring Track View like yourself. Additionally, although I've tried to warm up to the Pro Channel, I've never been able to. I dislike the small GUIs and the inability to move the modules around the screen independently. Call me old fashioned, but I still much prefer VSTs in the FX bin... er, rack.

Even if you never use the effect modules in the ProChannel, I think it's still worth using it purely for the FX Chains. You can see far more of the chain than you can in the FX Bins which are incredibly small and cramped. If you insert multiple FX Chain modules you can see 20+ effects all as one long chain, if you need to. And of course since you're loading your own VST's into the FX Chains there is no problem with small GUI's.
 
Personally I use the track view and the console view together, each has its own purpose. For instance when I'm arranging in the track view, I use the mute and solo buttons there because they're physically connected to the tracks I'm working with in that view. However if I want to balance a lot of instruments against each other, making constant tweaks to a group, nothing beats the console view. It's also essential if for example you want to drag effects from one track's ProChannel to another. 

Still never use it.

Me!
 
I'll get my coat.....

I have a screenset with CV showing buses only and it gets used a lot. I have another screenset with CV showing tracks only and it gets used rarely.

konradh
Still never use it.

Same here.
I've often thought I must be missing something by not using it but never discovered what that something was, even after reading this thread!

I definitely use it.
- you can open and close all Pro Channel strips at once by ctrl+clicking
- You can monitor the PC clip indicator on lots of tracks at once, including busses and output
- You can access the wave form view of one track when you use the partial view and put one track at the top of the screen.
- The Concrete Limiter only shows the max limiting measure when it's in view during playback. Other effects work similarly giving feedback only when visible. 
- When things are side-chained... say a kick sent to compressor on a pad or a bass... you can see that the compressor triggers with the kick hit.
 
It's not the best view for working with envelopes or entering midi data. :-)
 
But for me having the channel strip opened side by side with the Pro Channel has obvious value. No need for ctrl+i to switch between strip views like in Track View.
 
Console View is my preferred view when sending sound to monitors so the singers can hear themselves. 

Two monitors one on track view - one on console view...

I use it to copy settings from one track to another.
And when the client is in the office. Looks good.

I never use Console View. I tried having it in the multidock but it's like trying to work through a letter box.

Been using Sonar since ever and NEVER used console view. What for? I don't even get the purpose. I guess some people like the overview it gives... ? :-)

davec69
I keep console view open on a second monitor always......love it.

Yep, same here.  Track view is open on a 22" monitor just off to the left of my laptop, and Console view stays open on the laptop's 17" monitor.  If I need to access the Windows desktop etc., I just minimize the Console view.
 
On the Track view I primarily edit and create automation envelopes etc.  Mixing is all done in Console view.  That just seemed the most comfortable and natural way to work.