I certainly didn't mean to turn it into a rant
But I do agree, I *should* be the highest paid employee here (i'm kidding!)
In all seriousness, the way that the UI system is set up today, you should be able to replace graphics and move things around in panels. The UI is very heirarchical (sp?) so moving things "between" panels and adding existing elements to other panels is nearly impossible. There is code that expects the UIs to be laid out in a particular way, there aren't any "modules" of UI that get plugged in anywhere.
-P