Yep! It sounds definitely wise.
But some times i need to work with one bone and look to another, but I cant see both of them without selecting them all, consequently i can't modify each of them separately. When i want to compare location of my first bone key with keys of another bones i have to press "space" and scrolling dopesheet all the way down trying to find the bone i need.
But in case of the smallest variant you could use a text just for an object(bone) and all its properties names could be hidden and only its icons could be screened. I'm able to redraw the small variation of icons for this task if needed))))
