P: Merge Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign into one application

yes but they are not at the threshold. I like how i can combine shapes easily.

Are you using Photoshop CS6 or later? We've added a number of new improvements to the path/vector tools in recent versions.

Make a new version that combines photoshop and illustrator together for realzz.
And let users choose the conflicting features in setting as to customize it.

This is great because, while you could always open illustrator side by side, there is a difference in interface/keyboardShortcuts/ options placement. Which brings mental halt to everything in mind. That's very demotivating and bad for creativity.

Creativity Directly proportional to how easy it's to utilize it.

The great things for PS user would be...

Almost all tools needed to deal with vector graphics would be available in ps, such as (width Change tool, expand stroke, apply gradient to stroke, slice shapes with each other, have fidelity/smoothness of vector brush/pen/pencil, spray symbols, make more customized brushes( btw i think some of vector brush capabilities should be in normal ps brushes as well.)....

So in end there will be three programs 1) Ps 2) Ai 3) Ai+Ps<<<>>>>

Photoshop Is great but sucks when it comes to these features. If adobe could just add these features to Photoshop which are already present in illustrator it would be very helpful to web designers/logo designers. You could do everything by opening two programs and doing but life would be easier, workflow would improve if they are in one. I Know some people think photoshop is geared toward photographers but it is a lot more than that.
Please import these features from illustrator to PS and more:
1) Expanding strokes. -The biggest thing ever.
2) Defining the parameters of gradient on a stroke(Direction/alongEdges/length).
3) Be able to change thickness of strokes.
4) All brushes types into PS: stretch, repeat, etc.
5) Ai automation: i.e. Transform filter, roughen filter.
6) pattern maker from illustrator.
7) Blend tool
😎 Symbol sprayer-note- also add multiple symbol sprayer/brush option.
9) Auto annoying guides too.
10) Make merging,subtracting, and live paint easier and available in PS.
11)3d Revolve + Map Art
12)Mesh
13) Path Simplify etc.

This feature isn't found in anything but add it too Please it is so needed.
1) Ability to distance words equally-based on the distances between them not between their centers.
2) Ability to save all fonts into the file.
3) Ability to collapse previous handle of any anchor point somehow.

red-fox, you should look into the now defunct project rome: http://rome.adobe.com/

I think it can be integrated as one UI without affecting the finnacial aspect of these products.

Why not offer customers the option to be buy one (1) Creative Suite application, say perhaps Photoshop. Then allow adding other "modules" as you need them under the same Creative suite UI.

I don't believe current computing platform technology can support this capability, but perhaps in another 3-4 years it will be practical.

Yes...photoshop, illustrator, indesign has different origin and purpose, but after years of development, the border line between them get blur. And I hate to learn using different to approach doing the same thing in different applicant, example like delete a swatch, illustrator and photoshop has different approach..
I believe to merge the 3 applications into 1 is beauty and perfect. Different skills people could talking to each others using the same language, under the same UI. I think it could be done, at least in terms of technology, Adobe should capable to do it. Maybe they wish to sell 3 applications instead of 1, in financial sense..

With addition of limited vector and/or raster editing capability now in all three of these applications it is becoming a blur. I do feel that the "division of labor" between these apps is still justified, for most of the reasons already stated.

What would be helpful is the ability to streamline the 'Edit In' native program capability from inside the current application, without having to launch a 2nd application. A good example of what I am suggesting is Adobe Lightroom 4. There are now seven (7) modules integrated inside LR4: Library, Develop, Map, Book, Slideshow, Print, and Web. Why not have one “master” Creative Suite application with integrated modules for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, etc.

This is an over-simplification of the "concept," but I think you get the idea. Within the next four years 64GB of RAM will be the same price as 16GB today, a’ la Moore’s Law.

I do animation, print and web stuff and have been using extensively PS and Illustrator for many years and I kinda agree with the op for those two.

While I admit that I like the idea of illustrator staying purely vector (a lot of people need this), I think proper vector tools should be given to PS. Imagine dashing the [tab] key and jumping to vector mode: stroke/fill on paths, pathfinder, gradient mesh, type outline, vector brushes... I don't even see why not. Smart objects are great but it's still just a fix and it could be replaced by other more flexible, maybe more object oriented solutions.

Juggling between a 3d program, after effects, photoshop and illustrator is meh.
Sometime I close my eyes and see a program that does all this at once and I feel it's beauty and then I wake up and regret it's not 2015 yet.

I couldn't say it better: "because Photoshop doesn't do the types of things they require.", you came back where we've started 🙂 You underlined the main reason, why I'm asking to merge them 🙂 and if it would be just sometimes I wouldn't come up with such an idea probably 🙂 And thank you for all your colourful analogies, they are very nice and I understand what you are trying to explain to me over and over: vector and bitmap stand far away from each other, but once again - technical side is beyond my vision, and I'm just a lazy user, and they say laziness is an engine of the progress, so I feel free to share my lazy (maybe crazy) ideas and questions.

"Who would you want fixing your plumbing? A plumber or someone who pretends to plumb?"

I'm asking to train a plumber\electrician\gardener 😉 or at least plumber\electrician, but not a gardener who knows what is plumbing 🙂