Why is it that Adobe can have rubberbands (you know, the little line that shows where your vector curves are going to go) in Photoshop - a program that is not exactly made for vector, yet does not have them in Illustrator? Especially with the push for Freehand users to move to Illustrator, you'd think this would be a vital update. It only has to be a quick plugin, too. The code's probably already there.
Hey, I love Illustrator, but good ol' Freehand had some things very right.