XML console should default to enabled
Problem
The most common use case for opening the XML console is surely either to log XML stanzas or to send stanzas by hand (in which case, you want to see them logged as well as possibly replies (for IQs)).
The XML console is not enabled by default when the window is opened. #5608 (closed) tried to address this by "mak[ing] it faster and easier to activate", but I put to you that this is entirely the wrong tact to take. It should be enabled by default.
If that's not possible due to technical issues (from the patch on #5608 (closed), it looks like there's not a way to enable it, but I'm no expert), then it should be changed to "Disable" or "Pause".
Analysis
This really frustrates me each time I try to use the console.
Enhancement recommendation
Log stanzas to the console by default.