yeah, i've never been too keen on the "Obligatory" Unified View in ANY form, but if, perhaps it was made available in a "Secondary Window Format" so it could be thrown on a second or third monitors as a backup possibility, then yes, it might be quite useful, but not as the standard.
It's useful, but i wouldn't want to have to deal with it every day.
That's what the "Number Keypad" is there for!!