I don't think that is a necessity in this case, though, ragnar. I believe the drawbacks are easily overcome... and a solution can easily stay out of the way of other usability.

I am an optimist when it comes to coding and UI design. 20+ years of doing it myself, on a wide variety of platforms, hasn't discouraged me yet.

EDIT: besides, who's talking about adding anything? I'm just talking about keeping something already there and improving it.