I tend to work with tables floating on a second monitor so they don't junk up my workspace. However, all the table tools live in a tab on the ribbon. I typically keep some tables open at all times, and only go to them when I need to - often back and forth between the main application and the table as I edit, work on my layout, use geoprocessing tools, etc. It's cumbersome enough to have to go between monitors to get to the table controls; it's even less appealing when I have to click on and off the table tab while juggling other tasks just to get my controls. It is also not always clear which view the ribbon is going to talk to when you use it (especially when the view pulled away is of the same type as that in the mainframe). Fortunately, most of the things I need are available through a right-click menu on the table headers or somewhere, but it would be much more intuitive and convenient to have more of the controls right there where I need them - in the table window. Moving the table, fields, domains, etc. ribbon tabs to the table window makes sense to me. In the case of the table tab, about half of those functions are already present on that table toolbar anyway, so maybe they could just be added to that interface and the ribbon tab done away with.
In general, it would make more sense if ALL views brought a ribbon & QAT with them. It would improve muscle memory and efficiency.
