[DiapDealer]

I feely admit that I see BV as a huge hurdle that is continually in the way of achieving things (development-wise) that would be relatively simple (or at least much simpler) otherwise. A not inconsiderable portion of Sigil's quirks and inconsistencies stem from the need to compromise in order to maintain the ability to edit in both Book View and Code View.

On the other hand, I'm not entirely unsympathetic to those who likely won't want to use Sigil without it, either. I like to think we would make every effort to avoid making that hard decision without leaving a relatively solid version of Sigil that those users could camp out with as long as they liked.