Hi Brandon,
Thanks for the response. I think you're right that the submit button should be at the bottom as well as the top. GMail's email composer does this:
Here's the main issue that I have: polls and other options are only useful to me about 1% of the time -- attachments are useful about 50% of the time. However, because I always have to scroll way down every time I post, it means that these features get in my way 100% of the time.
These less-than-always used features should be made as small and unobtrusive as possible, IMO.
Let's continue with the GMail analogy. How about putting "Add a poll" in a location similar to GMails "Add event invitation" button? How about doing the same for attachments?
Also, another thing that bugs me about IPB is that the "Insert Image" toolbar button only allows image URLs -- it should also give you the option to specify a local file path. Right now, inserting a (local file) image into a post (inline with the text) is too hard -- I have to upload it as an attachment and then choose to insert into the post.
Sorry if this sounds like a rant. I really like the improvements in IPB 3.0, and I'd love to see it totally dialed in.