I enable and disable ripple frequently while editing, and it would be highly confusing to me if it were global. For me it is naturally a setting for a specific montage.
Unless there was a checkbox in the ripple area that just says maintain globally… while checked its global, while unchecked it’s local… I wouldn’t use it often, but maybe someone who changes montages often would.
I use Global Ripple Mode 99% of the time so for a long time, I assumed it was a global setting.
If it helps anybody, you can assign key commands to change the Ripple Mode setting.
In my opinion, the ultimate would be a modifier key that you can hold to temporarily bypass Ripple Mode. Usually when come out of Global Ripple Mode, it’s for one quick thing and then I go back to Global Ripple Mode.
I can’t think of one time when I used Track Ripple Mode. For me, it’s all or nothing.