Am I the only one who runs Avid with the TC track of the timeline at the top rather than the bottom? A hangover from my days doing time on a Media 100 system where the navigation was always at the top.

The main advantage is that if you have a crowded timeline where the tracks scroll off the bottom your navigation always stays on top. I think this shows the versatility of Avid in that you can migrate from other systems and set things up the same as you used to do it before. (Well mostly - the modal based editing could do with looking at as has been said elsewhere).

Other than that a pretty bog standard screen.

My Keyboard has been fairly mutated over the years. But it works for me. Originally starting on DVision (before Media100) I have always found keyboard editing the fastest way to go - so mapable keyboards are indispesable.

I'd like to see some of the Color Correction tools mappable. For instance it would be great to do an Auto Levels operation (or run the CC Macro) at the press of a button without going into CC mode and without having to drag from the Effects pallette.

Keyboard settings. Shift on the bottom.

I don't setup my timeline like you but it is an interesting idea. When editing I work with the source and record monitors turned off (Right click on the record monitor and tick Hide Video.) This allows me to have a really big timeline. I then use the output monitor to view the pictures. I find I can do trims in this mode. If I am working on effects I have the source and record monitors open. I map the two setups to workspaces on the keyboard. I guess this way of working is a throw back to my days on two machine tape suites with just one monitor.