I never really understood why effects are loaded in the background in outline mode. Why is it necessary to load an effect when you don't even see it? I thought the purpose of outline mode was for when the artwork have become heavy and takes longer time to load. The usual reason why my artwork becomes so heavy is because of all the effects I use. I wish I could switch to outline mode for quick edits instead of having to wait for the effect to load every time I do a tiny adjustment. Effects should be turned off in outline mode and turned back on when you return to preview mode.

First of all, I'm LOVING the new object repeat function! This is one of the best new features to be added to Illustrator in a long time! With that said, it's still a bit rudimentary in it's functionality (at least when it comes to the radial repeat). It would be great if you could add the option to choose the rotation angle of the object when you repeat it. For example: If I have a star shape and I want to repeat the star but keep the top point facing up I should have the option to do so. I know that you can go and change the angle of the object manually once you've created the repeat, but it'd be nice if it were an option built into the repeat window as it would save us a step. Also, it'd be nice to be able to allow for rotation of the entire repeated group within the repeat window - again, saving steps.

I used to be able to take a straight line and make it wavy with the Effect > Warp > Wave effect - I see that there was a previous 'resolved' ticket on this - it is NOT resolved. I have been using Illustrator for over 25 years and have never seen this app in such a bad state. I am spending more time here today flagging bugs than working on my projects today. I hope you understand how frustrating ALL these bugs are when you are trying to get a project out the door and a client is screaming at you.!!@

It takes conversations like this to know what customers want to dive into if they see adobe, & for years I tried but run away from adobe it was extreme even illustrator it didn’t feels like the art drawing, medium, etc. I grew up learning. No one grew up as a child to use adobe. But they can if it feels like it on screen. You are #1 and growing too, my voice hopefully adds more light that. Combine easier icons that newbies know, more raster in style (rebelle,artrage), but adobe all in one vector that combines the two, for mass 3D production (from glowforge, cricut, silhouette). This pandemic gave me time to try to learn adobe (illustrator/photoshop) before trying competitors software. Lastly, cut adobe spark spike whatever that software you spend $25-50/mth no way most can afford that now. Teach examples on how to make those designs instead. It benefits newbies, starving artist who but want to experience making the design it with their 2 hands than buying 1 in vain. Lastly, I’m a visual artist who’s goal is making art through glowforge., this software needs to work or its the competition who wins. Just thinking out loud. Thank you

A couple of checkboxes in that panel for the dynamic size of the object could be handy. A gap value would also be great for the static gaps around multiplied objects. I've experienced 2 similar cases where that option could save me time:

1) Create an object and use 'Effect > Transform' panel to create copies, giving a horizontal or vertical move value. Then edit the object and change its bounding box. They either overlap or the gap between them widens.

2) Create the left half of a graphic you want dynamically be mirrored onto the right side. To use the same panel first you need to copy the width of the graphic. Then in the panel, you input 1 as the copy amount, select 'Reflect X' option below and finally paste the copied width into the 'Move > Horizontal' area. So far so good. Now alter the graphic in a way the width of its bounding box changes. The duplicated mirror graphic will no longer stick to the left, editable part of the graphic. Again, they will either overlap or there'll be a gap between the two. Each time the bounding box changes you have to copy the width and edit transform values accordingly. Unnecessary time and effort.

My suggestion: If there was a checkbox next to both move directions indicating 'object width/height' as alternatives, it would be much easier and time saving to accomplish such actions. Alternatively, for those who want to duplicate a graphic n times, a user input with the gap amount could make it easier to retain the gap between copies. I've edited the screenshot of the panel with my suggestion applied.