Split-screen menus: do you find them useful?

Hi all,
this post could be a reminder for Apple, for the next firmware update.
This depends on you, that's why i'm asking you people:
do you find the split-screen menus useful?
Would you appreciate the possibility of turning them off?
Excluding the usual problems with iTunes, my ipod 160 is working very good. The only annoying this is the gap for loading the previews in the split-screen.
Thank you
M.

turingtest2 wrote:
I quite like the whole split screen thing as it happens. It probably helps that I've got album art for every track. I agree, however, that it would be nice to have an option to turn it off for those that don't like it.
What would be really cool though is if you could play an album you've just spotted on right-hand side of the screen. E.g. Play in split screen opens the displayed album. Left & right clicks go forward & backwards in the random album order that was generated, in case you spot somthing that interests you as it vanishes off screen. The wheel, menu & center click would continue to provide for selecting music in the traditional fashion.
Agree with comments on the clock. I'd like an option to leave the screen alone and just turn off the backlight. Backlight delay needs to be fixed. IFRC 30secs setting still turns off after 20 secs. What about an option to maintain backlight at lower (selectable) brightness for a user selectable number of minutes?
tt2

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