After beginning to review 3.8 I am starting to see a pattern:
The frequency of which Alan Grimes (myself) uses a given feature is __inversely__ proportional to the probability that it will be available in the next release...
In this case: WHERE THE HELL ARE THE SIDE FLAPS? I CAN'T EVEN OPEN A BLOODY WORKSPACE WITHOUT THEM!!! I only used them say half a dozen times each and every squeak session...