> If you could only choose one of these, which would you choose? 

If new modern, faster, but opaque graphics system is implemented, then 
it does not have to replace the existing, fully accessible one, it can 
just complement it (being available via a specific Canvas subclass, and 
able to deliver a Form on demand). There is no need to have an 
opposition here. Just as we have Morphic *and* MVC, we can have BitBlt 
*and* a bridge to an opaque backend for people interested in that kind 
of performance.

As for me, I am interested in both.

Stef