Remapping function keys the way users need them to

Expose was a feature that I used seamlessly when going between apps on a MacBook. Ever since I got a MacBook Pro it's been frustrating using Expose and Spaces ever since.
1. I never did use the hot corners. Way too many inadvertent calls, especially if you use all three. Plus, using the function keys are a lot faster.
2. OK, so we finally don't need to use two hands for right-clicking, but why do we now need it for Expose and Spaces? When going between apps, my finger drifted easily and rapidly to F8, F9 and F10, but now I have to use two hands? This is especially annoying when you're just in review mode and using only one hand, on the phone, lounging, etc.
3. I know I can reverse the function keys, but I'd like to control volume and screen display with one hand as well.
Feature request: Rather than have a universal one-check-box switch between function keys and special features printed on the keys, I would absolutely be a lot more efficient and quicker in my workflow if I was simple allowed to choose whether I wanted each individual function key to be the special feature or a standard function. In other words, I'd like to use one hand to control volume, screen display, Spaces, and Expose. The backlit display and desktop viewer switch features are seldom if ever used for me - kind of a waste of efficiency.
DoubleCommand, previously suggested, doesn't do this. Does anything?

Thank you, I already did, but that's not the point of this post. The feature request is a small part of the message to explain what I'm looking for, either as a script or third party app or something I'm overlooking, or if I am indeed completely out of luck and that my only option was to have submitted a feature request.
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