Couldn't agree more, this is exactly the way morphix is going (multiple GUI's, easy installing, one app for one goal, bladiebla). So, even though most of you will probably already know it and shake their heads at my plugging

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www.morphix.org & ftp://dl.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/drupal/Morphix
Or check the customizing forum for more details

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nuf said, i'll shut up now