Rendering ZMSFile/ZMSLink - POLL

Dear zms-developers,

I would like to know what the ZMS users/developers think about 
changing/extend a basic publishing concept: ZMS does not render the 
object classes ZMSfile and ZMSlink within the content float but 
considers them as contextual content. 

After a 5 years experience we have to admit that still a lot of the 
editors have difficulties to accept this kind of content 
presentation; to cope with the problem they usually configure a 
Special Object like "downloadfile" for a in-place rendering.

So I would like to discuss a suggestion for changing the basic 
rendering of ZMSFile/ZMSLink as in-place objects both within the 
body float and the teaser column. So the editor can explicitly 
decide where this content object is presented. This might be more 
intuitive.

The are two pathways for improving the placing feature this way:
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1. maintaining the simple content model of ZMSFile/ZMSLink and 
migrating the objects into a teaser container - if former view is 
preferred.
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Advantage: 
  Ease of Use
Disadvantage: 
  After updating the objects have to be transferred to a teaser 
container

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2. extending the content model for explicitly "distributing" the 
objects via an added meta element Advantange:
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  After updating no changes have to be done
Disadvantage:
  Added meta element must be set (reduced usability)

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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zms-developers/surveys?id=2306330

Better ideas?
Thank you very much for your input,
best regards
fh, moderator