1. One
2. Two
3. Three

ALmost perfect, but unfortunately only works by referring to the original mailing list thread :)

Lose the plurality: command bar, tool control bar, toolbox.

I think losing the plurality only makes sense if we combine words into one, e.g. "commandbar", otherwise it's confusing (which command? which tool control?)

1 Main Bar

It's not "main" in any reasonable sense imho.

2 Tweak Bar ([Fine] Tuning?

Not descriptive enough.

2 [Tool] Options?

They're not exactly options; they're controls that make sense for the tool and let you use it.

3. Tool Options bar

And 3 is not options either, it has tools themselves.

Calling it the `toolbox' is a bit of a misnomer, since it's not a box anymore. `Tool Bar' is worse, unfortunately.

Yes.

1. "Application Toolbar" (for generally-applicable actions)

Maybe, but kinda vague. Don't other bars belong to the same application?

2. "Modal Toolbar" (the horizontal modal action/option bar)

Correct technically, but confusing. A modal dialog is the one which freezes the app; what does a modal toolbar freeze?

3. "Tool Selector" (the vertical tool selector bar)

Hmm. "Please select the Selector tool on the Tool Selector." Not gonna work :)

1. "Function Bar"

Function or Functions? Anyway this seems to be a close equivalent to "Commands bar".

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