P: Transform/Resize is constrained by default - Want ability to go back to legacy behavior

Agreed. Adobe does not seem to care. The least they could do is make an announcement regarding the problem and whether or not they intend to do anything about it. I will continue to use the 2018 version for now but am actively looking for a replacement.

@James Gray This isn’t about muscle memory, it’s about shockingly-bad UI/UX which results in blood-boiling inconsistencies in 100s of different places across CC.

@Nature man Let’s refrain from speculating on why because it leads to negative characterisations of users which quickly decends into arguments that distract from the overall issues:

1. Adobe changed a convention fundamental to almost all graphics apps on one tool, creating jaw-dropping inconsistencies within PS as well as every other app in CC

2. So far, Adobe couldn’t care less

This says so much about Adobe it’s not funny. The tool is still called ‘Free Transform’ for god’s sake, it’s an embarrassment.

I have posted to this thread a number of times. I can't believe we have not heard from Adobe.
This is what I have learned from the post
1. Very few like the change2. Very few think it should go back to the way it was, but would like the option to choose3. No one knows why they did it or why they did it so half-assed.
This is what I have I done since this update
1. Decided Adobe doesn't care2. Paid for the full Affinity Suite3. Downgraded from an Adobe update for the first time
That's it for me. This seems to to be stalled, I had hoped to hear from Adobe here, but I guess not. I'll be unfollowing this thread, my inbox can't take it, but I am sure we will talk about more in my Linked in and Facebook groups.
Good Luck Everyone.

I don't think they care

The "new" transform tool is counter-productive. Please revert back to legacy version. This not an improvement to PS. Thank you.

I would like to know on the basis of what research Mr. Giamanco makes this assertion.  I want to assure you all that I am much older than 12 and I am not just a weekend user.  I pay for Photoshop each month just like most of the rest of you.  I can sympathize with those whose muscle memory has been messed up.  However, I have become very weary of the many one sided comments. 

Jeffery Tranberry
There have been so many questions posted about the use of the shift key if you want to Distort.
If nothing else, why hasn't there been an explanation?

What is it in PS 2019 that you must put up with the aggravation? Why not revert to previous version?

> So now you have the opposite issue, you are holding shift to draw every diagonal line and rectangle. I dunno, this is such a legacy functionality, I would be curious to understand the research behind it and see why they thought this was a better option.>

This is a mess across all the apps and applications. There's no standard. No matter what Adobe does, they're wrong to a whole bunch of people.  That's why they should have made it a toggle on the Options bar, or even a Preference, though toggle would let us adapt it freely whatever our workflow.

It isn't that "this" is right, or that "that" is wrong. It's that nothing is consistent everywhere, so don't force a false consistency on us, but let us choose the right behavior for us.

Exactly!