I'm playing a Pure Mage, and Skyrim currently lets me have eight spells hotkeyed. Eight. Just within the Destruction tree, just with Fire/Frost/Shock, there are NINE spells I want hotkeyed. (Considering there's a short-range, long-range and AoE version of each.)

In Oblivion I had a Hotkey mod, for example, that allowed me to have this set up:
1 = Fire Bolt
Shift+1 = Fire Ball
Alt+1 = Burning Touch

etc. So I could have the three kinds of Destruction spell between 1-3. Feather, Night-Eye, Shield, Unlock, Water Breathing, Water Walking etc. I had all bound to my Numpad.

Then there's the summons, the shields, the wards, the light spells, the soul trap, it really destroys immersion for me, to have to fiddle with the Favourites menu every 30 seconds because I want to be an efficient mage.

Does anybody else feel the same way?

I'd be extremely grateful if such support were released for Skyrim in a patch, DLC, expansion, anything, but soon!

Yeah it's pretty annoying even for a non mage like me..., i would like to have the spell, shouts and weapons i use on there but theres pretty much only room for the shouts i use.

Ya, it's pretty bad and clunky. I'm trying to play a Paladin type character, but having to use the Favorites menu is a pain, and really ruins the fantasy of the battle. Not to mention spells/weapons keep going to the wrong hand; not good if your a shield/1H melee.

They need hotkeys that save both, let me type that again, BOTH things in your hand. So I can save my shield/1h to #1; healing/weapon to #2; sparks in both hands to #3, and so on. So with just one click, you get what you want, no swapping. Then, you can use the Favorites menu for stuff it does great at, like potions/yells ect.