I too got fed up with the limits of paging, to the point where one day I converted all my buttons to macros on static bars. For example the macro for my "t" key:
It will show up as and cast Pounce when in stealth, taunt while in bear, roar while in cat, and hibernate while in moonkin/resto

This will make the button seem to page the same as normal paging bars, but gives allot more control since you are not restricted to a single bar. It also take a lot longer to setup and move where skills are so your mileage may vary.

Call me new, but i have been playing around with my haste and haste rating. What should i be aiming for? Currently i have just under 9% haste.

Quick question about Thick Hide cause I don't want to misunderstand it. Am I right to assume the 78% boost to Armor (3/3 Thick Hide) is a boost to ALL armor, including Armor on Trinkets and from Potions? I have neither of these at the moment as I'm just starting on getting more tank focused trinkets (currently using full Cat gear/gem/enchants for normal mode tanking and it's been working fine with a tank spec), and curious if this 78% (not the 10% to Cloth/Leather) is similar to the original Thick Hide boost back in BC.

This is not correct. Thick Hide applies only to armor, not (what is called) "bonus armor". Any armor which comes from a cloth or leather item (ignoring enchants) gains the Thick Hide benefit. This does include cloaks, but does not include rings, trinkets, necklaces etc. I do not know about potions, but my guess is no. I just tested it, potions are considered bonus armor.

Just a simple question: What amount of dmg does Ferocious Bite do when it is used with a clearcasting proc? The same as 25 energy, 50 energy or something in between?

It depends on your energy state at time of use. It will use the Clearcasting proc to give you a free FB with regards to its initial cost, namely the first 25 energy will be free. From there on, it will use whatever energy you have (up to 25) for additional damage. So, for any energy state over 25, a Clearcasting FB equals to a max energy FB, but costs only 25.

I was talking to a rogue and is there a soft cap for crit rating? I am sitting at a crit rating of 1809. I was wondering if should reforge some of the crit i forged from haste

Kalja, in most cases, a bear will find the 371 pvp items to be a small upgrade over the 359 pve pieces. The difference is very small, and you probably shouldn't go out looking for the pvp upgrades unless you have a lower ilvl piece in your set (346 or 353 items). The only exceptions would be breaking a set bonus or switching to a pvp item with a poor secondary stat (like haste). The benefit is slightly higher for armor pieces vs jewelry pieces, since the higher ilvl also affects the amount of armor on an item.

This is actually pretty incorrect. By most gauges a 371 will be a good upgrade over a 359, and a huge upgrade over a 346. The main reason is not only the large difference in agility and stamina (41/61 agi/stam for an upgrade for a head/chest/legs spot, 33/45 for a glove/shoulder) but the difference in armor. Armor is one of the biggest wins for a bear in general, and an upgrade of 12 ilvls is a huge boost. 94 armor in this case. That doesn't sound like much, but with the bear multiplier that's a very large upgrade. The loss of secondary stats is minor and with reforging you actually get more avoidance over the other piece. What you lose is (at best) some mastery and SD and possibly a bit of threat.

In virtually every case for a bear the 371 pvp gear is more than a small upgrade over the 359 available gear. The only time this isn't as true is when the pve piece has mastery on it natively - and in that case keep in mind that dodge is 3-4 times more valuable than mastery, and agility is 4-5 times more valuable. Which means that in order for that pvp piece to be comparable you need to have (in the above example) 164 mastery on the piece - and that doesn't include the bonus stamina or armor.

Note that the above isn't true for any non-armor pieces. jewelry is not as big an upgrade compared to armor pieces, but depending on the piece can still be a win.

Hey there, posting from my phone so I appologize for any spelling mistakes; just curious on applying Savage Roar into the rotation, where does it come in? and have done so a few tines with a 5 cp savage roar but lots my 5 point rip to it? what's the solution for 100% uptime?

In WotLK Savage Roar increased all damage, so it only made sense to get it up as quickly as possible. Now that it only buffs auto-attacks you're better off going straight for a 5CP Rip.