P: Ability to arrange & customize save-as file formats so popular formats are at the top

If only.....

That's something.

Well anyway there is a workaround to at least remove SOME formats in Photoshop CS6 Mac.

You just have to right-click on the photoshop icon, go into "show package contents" and then :
contenst / required / plugins / file formats and remove the ones you can like jpeg2000, pcx and pixar. 

Well, here's to hoping I see it in my lifetime. 5 years is a long time for something to be on the back burner. Appreciate your efforts anyway.

Think about it: we have millions of users, several thousand requests, and dozens of new requests every day. If we brought all those requests to a meeting, the meeting would never end. We have to prioritize, and votes/support/number of requests is a primary means for prioritizing requests. (because we'd all much rather be implementing features and fixing bugs than stuck in meetings)

We are constantly implementing customer requests (big and small) and fixing bugs. We don't have infinite resources or infinite time to do all this work, so we have to prioritize. We can't get every request implemented in a release, but we look at the requests and re-prioritize them while planning each new release.

So, yeah, we hear you. Just because your request isn't completed immediately does not mean we are not listening. It just means that we have limits, too.

Yes, I am one of the lead developers on Photoshop.

We consider all the requests we receive, and only reject them if they are completely impossible or cause more harm than good.
But we do prioritize them mostly by how many people have requested/supported the feature.

Hey Chris-- sorry if I am harshing on you-- it's nothing personal. And I see the tone of this topic has become more civil-- thanks for considering the suggestion.

My main point is about customer service: if someone takes the time to suggest an improvement, especially one which is obvious, I think Adobe should say "thanks-- we appreciate your feedback" and put on the agenda at the next brainstorming meeting. It's all these tweaks to the software that keep you developers employed and challenged at your jobs, and can maintain Adobe's hegemony in the creative software industry.

I have suggested quite a few improvements to the software over the years and the general response is: not interested and defensive. It's so nice to have the "ear" of someone at Adobe. I just wish I could be heard more readily.

Howdy... I started the original topic a while ago. Glad it's still active.
Chris, am I to take it you're a PS dev? If so, sorry you get so much flak.

I just wanna make this one small point, hopefully it has some impact.

Some PS/LR issues are frustrating, but only for a limited subset of photoshop users.
For example I see a brush organization topic with 132 votes.
But some users don't even touch brushes, much less need to organize them.

This minor issue with file formats, however, is felt by 100% of photoshop's users. We all save files, whether we're digitally painting or editing photos or tweaking video frames.

Fishing for filetypes is only a second wasted, but multiply 100% of the users, by 100% of their saved files, and cumulatively it's millions of wasted hours.

So please, consider bumping this one up the chain, or coding it yourself. It's one of those things that will feel like a breath of fresh air once it's implemented. People will say "I never knew how much I needed this, until I finally had it."

Thanks for your time, and the fantastic product.

The Adobe website link for Photoshop requests leads to this site.
The fact that this is the site for Photoshop (and related product) feature requests has been communicated rather widely, even if it isn't featured in every Adobe advertisement.

Anyone from Adobe ever looked at Corel Draw? Does exactly what we need - as you use a file format, it goes to the top of the list and remains there. Most commonly used ones end up as a block at the top, lesser/never used ones are below, separated by a space. It's been doing that for years (decades? Can't remember).

As far as this being 'the petition', where in all the Adobe stuff flooding the net does it say that requests/petitions for product IMPROVEMENTS are available at... It doesn't. This is headed "Community-powered support for Photoshop Family" which inclines users to be believe that this is where you can get help, not request changes.