I have been beta testing for adobe for about ten years. I have, every term, bitched and complained about there flowting windows. I have even created a brand new UI for photoshop, was going to give it to them at no charge… even when it got high acclaim from design groups around the world… and it was snuffed due to red tape.
So… the fact that AE is removing them slightly is BIG news.
It wil ltrickle into the other products. Although, the new UI is still kind of messy.
-chris