> You can see my findings and my suggestion on the Wiki, but to entice you
> to read it, the mockup is here :)
> 
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Fill_and_Stroke_Dialog_Re-Design
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/File:Solution-fillandstrokedialog.png
> 
> Thanks and I would love to hear your comments!
> 

Created a patch and screenshot for this in https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1000023