We would like to see more functionalty/support for: * localisation * some kind of a layout manager for dialogs/windows * some of the GUI controls that are used in the Office products - perhaps even some nongui ones like the spellchecker stuff. * some way of splitting the MFC dll up so we only pay for the functionality we need - CWnds are great -OLE - sucks. We hate the MFC COM way - nested classes etc - ATL is much easier to use/understand. We love CAxWindow for hosting controls. although the containment through CWnd is cool also We like Doc/View and when we don't think its applicable we can get rid of it easy enough.