The Property Pane is the most common way for dumping properties. But it is very "developer oriented", you never find this kind of presentation under Word..Excel..., and in the application I develop, users are a little bit confused, with this view.
Could you imagine a way to have another view of the property list ? for example, the category could be vertical tabs (like side pane), each property is not a row in a table but a property editor in a JPanel with a high design etc... (like in the last release of PhotoShop)
It's time to introduce a new standard
Regards,
Genscan