Please revert the "Actions Menu", it’s terrible

You can correct me if I’m wrong, but I counted the same number of clicks the old and new way.

 Old way:

1. If an action’s steps are collapsed, click the > to expand the steps.
2. Click the checkmark column to enable/disable any step.

New way:

1. Click gear icon that appears when you hover the pointer over any action. That expands the steps.
2. Click the checkmark column to enable/disable any step. Again, the checkmark column is shown on mouse hover.

And actually…for me, the old way takes longer, one more step is needed. That’s because I like leaving the Actions panel in Button mode so I can run any action in one click. So in the old Classic mode, if I want to edit an action, the first step for me is to uncheck Button mode.

Fortunately, the new way eliminates that extra step, because it’s in Button mode by default, and, it has the advantage of being able to edit actions in Button mode. Just hover the pointer over an action and when the gear icon appears, click that to edit the action.

The new way also enables editing an action by right-clicking it and choosing Edit Action. The old button mode did not allow that, but again, the new way allows me to have both button mode and immediate editing of any action.

The only thing I would change is to make the option columns visible by default so that those icons aren’t hidden until you hover over them. Keeping them visible all the time would make them a little more discoverable. I think having the column icons hidden by default is confusing those who just look at the panel without moving the mouse over it.

I used the old actions for 30 years (they were introduced in Photoshop 4). 

But after studying the new actions, I think they are a definite improvement in a number of ways. I chose to understand them so I could take full advantage of them, and now, I will not go back to the old way.

it is awwwwwwwwwful…:(((( fire this great idea person (maybe he never used photoshop for more than 2 files)

yeah ckiiiing haaaaaate it… it is soooo bad soooo bad…… it even does not work properly… i lost hoooooours of retouching /using cking ation  and it is not even saving it.. WHYYYYYYYYY??? Whyyyyyy??? It was good - 3 clicks and done - now it is 20 clicks and it is not working …. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate it

Yes, it does require quite a bit of muscle memory reprogramming. But I don’t see a lot of extra steps once you get used to it, they’re just not where you expect them. 

First of all, you helped me immensely … thank you again :)

My problem with the new implementation is that it is hard to read what’s activated/deactivated in the programmed action. It’s just so much more of visual clutter. Now, you need to click into a deeper hierarcy to achieve the same (and what I‘ve experienced – with not the wanted outcome) because it becomes error prone. The old actions panel is there, but the new one is not up to par yet.

Maybe a “red/green” activation light/thingy would help? You should think that UI improvements make stuff easier not harder. The current UI is really not good. Adobe should know better, they are industry leading experts. Or am I missing something?