Thank you for the thoughtful reply David.
It was a bit TLDR though so I didn't really read the rest of it.
Just kidding You bring up many insightful observations and I agree totally.
I was thinking of just coloring the region (or # of selected), I should try photoshopping the idea.
I'm glad DanRad brought this up because I have always felt that the appearance of the Region Inspector needs to change somehow to reflect its "Dual Purpose". It could be argued that having it remain static is inconsistent with overall GUI design.
Maybe a better idea is to have the Region Inspector shift its background to slightly lighter shades of gray.
And I agree with fisherking, It feels like we should demand that something change in there.
Time to resurrect the , command.