Suggestion for improving playlist functionality

Aside from reinstating the ability to open playlists in separate windows I'd like to see iTunes support per playlists default playback settings that would be set at the point a playlist is selected. These settings would include whether shuffle and crossfade was on and which particular EQ setting should be used for that playlist. For example I have a podcast only playlist and for that I always want shuffle and crossfade off and the EQ to be the Spoken Word preset. For music playlists I'm likely to want shuffle and crossfade on with the EQ set off.