Erik,

>Broken rules in music (and software UI) are often where the genious comes in.

Well said. You gotta know what you're doing with the basics before you skate out onto thin ice musically.

>A development tool that takes the choice out of our hands is doing a disservice.

I agree wholeheartedly. Let the interface documents tell me I shouldn't, but don't let the developer tool tell me I can't.