Perhaps you read some of the messages wrong. We don't want to ditch
the drawer and replace it with nothing. We want it replaced with
something similar to how Mail, iTunes and iPhoto list hierarchies.
Nothing as "pretty", just arrows with the same file icons would suffice.
Oh, ok. Never mind. But does this merely mean integrate it with the main window? Um, why? Whatever the details of the graphical scheme, whether it emulates a "drawer" or a "pane" it takes the same amount of space to display the same file tree. Well, - either way I've no dog in this fight it would appear. I guess I don't understand why anyone else does.