There's so much wasted space on the TOOLBAR. I might just turn it off, but what about a view option that allows the user to display the items in his STATUS bar at the bottom (or right) of his TOOLBAR? This would have an indirect effect of allowing the user to move the location of his STATUS bar (to wherever his TOOLBAR is). It's probably worth keeping them separate also because some people might like em that way. Just an option to combine them if that's what the user wants.