I would like the two main windows… MixConsole and Project… to be considered independent applications in terms of Windows management.
Use Case: I work with a number of 3rd party sampler apps, eg. VSL and Hauptwerk that are -not- VSTis. So the moment you click on their windows, all Cubase windows go to the back. And vice versa, when you click on -any- Cubase window, VSL (for example) goes to the back. MADDENING!
This was understandable when all child windows lived inside an app frame, but now that MixConsole and Project live semi-independently, I should be able to click on either of those windows WITHOUT changing the z-index of other applications (like VSL, Hauptwerk, etc.) IOW: clicking on -one- Cubase window should not instantly bring ALL Cubase windows to the front (z-index).
Forget docking and all that, this is THE BIGGEE in terms of window management. A good model to follow is Microsoft Office, where each document is pretty much an independent entity in terms of windowing.