David,

 
>>First off.. I appreciate that you guys are so receptive to suggestions and input...

We've been working hard at improving and extending the Cute Editor for ASP.NET based on the requests and bugs reports. 

Many feature requests from great end users/developers are already part of CE.

Thanks you guys; your suggestions are great!!!

>>- what if, when "constrain proportions" is checked that a "slider" type control is enabled to size preview, inserted image

It's a neat idea. We will find a solution soon.

>>- and/or, related... depending on how the UI is for "create thumb with link".. provide a dropdown(?) with predefined thumb sizes

Thanks for the suggestion. We will put some thoughts on the "create thumb with link" feature.

>>- please provide config options to set filters for hiding folders/files in the directory tree.  I have xml folders for image attributes and would like to hide from users. 

This will be included in the next build.

>> also, that the "max image size" text  in the dialog represent the max dimensions image allowed that can be inserted into the editor, which, could tie into auto thumb/link generation if an oversize image is selected.

Thanks for the suggestion. We will put some thoughts on the "create thumb with link" feature.