utnik: That's a great tip. I'll have to remember it. (Wish I knew about it a while back.)
Kunda: Which aspect of what I said are you asking about? Is it the lack of multiple selection or that you can't constrain to the axes? I can't remember multiple selection being mentioned anywhere but I'm sure I read something about axis constraint somewhere but I can't remember where.
There are quite a few things I'd like to change about the Node Editor:
1. Axis constraint.
2. Multiple selection of nodes.
3. Keyboard shortcuts for the icons (e.g. N for Move Nodes, C for Move Control Points, etc.).
4. A "preview mode" where you can see what the line looks like without the nodes/control points but without exiting the editor.
5. The shear functions working in the same direction as the icons (the horizontal ones are currently backward).
6. The editor remembering which icon selection was last used (so, for example, you can go back in and carry on moving control points symetrically again without having to re-select the icons). Maybe not so important if a preview mode is given so that the editor doesn't need to be closed.
And these are just the ones off the top of my head. (I use it a lot.)
Would it be best to put all of these in different tickets or wrap them up into one big one? I don't mind doing it either way if it's something that needs to be done. (I no longer have 1.5.x so I have no idea if any of these things have been addressed already.)