Got an idea for Illustrator???

I have not sense that Illustrator is listening to my requests. There is plenty of room for productivity improvements in AI, I've stated them numerous times, with no change. New features are nice, but when an old feature breaks, with a new release, I'm stuck in the old version. Example:

Editing gradients that use global colors is broken in AICS6. I can no longer drag-n-drop a global color onto a slider, to update the gradient. This is a critical production workflow for me, that cancels my migration to CS6. When will this be fixed?

Gradient blend editing, in general, should be improved:

1. Allow multiple slider selection, so section of a gradient can be moved in one step.
2. Fix the "sticky" slider bug that wrecks havok when trying to move sliders (I'm sure I'm not alone).
3. Provide a button to "Simplify" blend, that will delete multiple sliders at once.

I'm sure there are more great ideas for improving gradient editing.

1. Revamp the graphs feature!

2. Include Mini Bridge.

add at info pallete the area of a choosing draws

so, if i select a curves object, i can know its cm2 mm2 etc.

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1. Please make an "PASTE INTO" function in Illustrator, and please make it so, that the stroke or fill doesn't disappear like it does when you make a clipping mask. OR alternatively....improve the clipping mask function (make some clipping mask settings) so it becomes optional if you want the stroke/fill to disappear.

2. Shortcuts: Please make the "File" menu similar to the "File" menu in InDesign....so that "Export" gets the shortcut "Ctrl+E" and the "Place" function gets the shortcut "Ctrl+D". It's a bit annoying that I have to assign the shortcuts myself, when it could be standard like it is in InDesign.

3. Make it more logical and easy to make a transparent gradient. Like in the Photoshop "layer style-menu". It's so easy to make gradients in Photoshop, from solid to solid color or from solid color to nothing, it should be just as easy in Illustrator.

Is there a way to use the pencil tool and draw by clicking where you want each node to be and then adjust it after?

Instead of drawing a rough line and using the white arrow to fix it.

If not, I would like to see this option added.  And maybe some node options like Corel Draw 10 had.

I spend WAY too much time moving my artboard around. I'd love to see another FreeHand feature included in AI where after you select an object you can zoom in on that object and have it centered on the screen when you hit Command +. When you do that now, the selected item is off the screen somewhere and you have to move it back to where it's visible again. Drives me crazy!

Show/Hide Bleed Contents:

Provide a toggle to show/hide contents that bleed off the artboard. It's hard to believe that feature isn't already in!

Many - you have forgotten the technical illustration community. -

Why don't you purchase the rights to the Graffix tools and incorporate them into Adobe Illustrator so that users can keep up with the latest versions?

Rick Johnson has been unable to migrate his tools to CS4 or CS5 on PC

ISO drawing tool

Filters to separate such things as line types, fills, stray points, colors, fills,

better cutting tools when many items need to be cut with a straight line

CGM export and SVG export

wider array of import file types

after using illustrator since running it on a test copy of version 1 - I HATE to have to move to another software tool because Illustrator is no longer relevant in the industry.

Corel's Technical Illustrator is beginning to look better and better to the industry I work for.

A graphing tool that works. Something that can import charts and graphs from excel or
powerpoint. It also need a major useability upgrade.

i want to group without everything getting placed on the same layer.