Yes, this was an idea that was in my mind for some months now…
If you look at the modo pack here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCMuMzLx63k&feature=channel_video_title
It has the best way of representing a library with objects and working with them! I was thinking that we have the same thing in Blender, but it is not working properly for now!
I am talking about our file browser window - If you divide your 3D view horizontally and switch the bottom window to the file browser you will end up with the same layout as in this video! so The problem is how to make this file browser window useful, because right now you cant open/import/link/append nothing from it! it is very wierd, because we have the interface, but there is no actual functionality!
So I suppose that it will be not so dificult to make it work like that! The other thing that you might notice in this video is that their library (they call it PACK) contains of hundreds of ready objects that have a shapekeys - this is actually very clever, because if you have a nice object with good loops you can assign an unlimited count of shapes to it and then model with the shapekeys sliders…
For example if I have a good midpoly model of a human(which I have) you can make various shapes in shapekeys - one shape for a muscular body, one shape for a skinny body and so on, if you have the basic shapes assigned to the main model as a shapekeys you can easily make your various characters only with dragging the shapekeys influence sliders! this way you save a trmendous amount of time from modelling…
I am currently making this type of library now and it consists of hunderds of objects. For now it consists of a 20 files.In every file I have the needed basemeshes needed for modeling this type of object - for example in the file human i have human hands, feet, heads and bodys, in the file buildings i have various objects like door, roof, window and so on… In every file there are about 20 - 30 objects that I placed on different layers, but this slows up my navigation trought scene… After 1-2 months, when I make the library I am planning to share it to the comunity with the purpose to make the modelling more fast and easier for everyone!
This will benefit the comunnity greatly, because everyone will save time in modeling and will be concentrating on other issues! this library has animals, trees, buildings cars, humans and many others! In fact after completing it it will be a matter of minutes for everyone to make the most difficult shapes only with dragging the sliders!!!
So we need a easier and better managing of libraries with objects to do it better and even more easier to work with, and I hope that you can help me with that?