Most creative editors (from Photoshop to Apple's audio workstation Logic) have huge numbers of modes in terms of the number of cursors available - and it's very

Most creative editors (from Photoshop to Apple's audio workstation Logic) have huge numbers of modes in terms of the number of cursors available - and it's very disconcerting to use an eraser when you mean to use an intensity-editing tool! Whereas most programs allow you to select a cursor with a keystroke or button click, and that cursor mode stays until you explicitly change it, Logic actually takes a unique approach to this, allowing you to easily assign cursors to modifier keys and right-clicks - that way, the default mode remains the selection cursor, and you explicitly need to "push" a global state every time you want to change the mode. Much more intuitive than sticky modes.