>My problemS include:
>
>1. There is no horizontal 'slider bar' for the "Folders" (left) area.
>- I sometimes have to move the mouse around the left side to get it to move back left in the ist.

Correct

>2. The "Title bar" displays the current selected location in a way that is no longer useable to copy/paste a path.
>- I learned 2+ months after using VISTA tht clicking on it CHANGES the content to be copy/pasteable!! Why???

Found that out too


>3. The 'target' to expand nodes is too small.
>

Yes, it's now a small rectangle pointing South-South-East

>4. Selected items in either panel are difficult to discern (at least on the notebook where I have VISTA installed). I can see them better if I tilt the screen, but the old way was far more clear and never required tilting the screen.

I have a display + keyboard connected to my laptop when I'm not in the field

>To me it's sizzle only, no steak.
>


Well, it's different, Jim - it took me also some time to get accustomed to it