Some things in Illustrator are old and have never been touched since its release — like the info slot at the bottom.
For now we can choose from five options for it:
Artboard Name
Current Tool
Date and Time
Number of Undos
Document color profile

Some of these are almost obsolete, some are still relevant, but still it's not that useful. How about these:
Layer name
Raster effects resolution
Snapping statuses (like to grid/point/pixel/glyph)
Last save date
etc.