I think it'd be nice if the buddy list were expanded upward a bit, at the expense of Local. (The idea would be to push Gold, Hp, Energy, Mana, Inventory, Gem Slots, Skills Window, Map, Quest Button, and Log Out Button up about 2 squares and delete the 2 lowest squares from local).
12 spots for buddies showing would be rather nice for those of us who have more than 6 friends.
For the sake of epic and LG beasts, I think automatically having the beast on the first square of local no matter what would be a good idea regardless of whether buddy list is enlarged.
Perhaps a toggle option so people could choose which one they prefer would be best; I think a similar toggle option to normalise mob HP bar locations would be nice.
