PPI info and Color mode in the Control panel are hidden behind a clickable “i”
As reported in the Illustrator forum, the image resolution info normally displayed in the Control panel is now hidden behind a clickable "i".
https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/why-is-the-ppi-preview-in-essentials-classic-now-a-clickable-i-instead-of-just-showing-automatically-1641814?tid=1641814&postid=7757530#post7757530
Ton
shared this idea
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Graphics
commented
I'm all for this to be reverted as well as more control over the control panel; there are countless ways to minimally edit within Illustrator or move to Firefly, but no direct button to open an embedded image in Photoshop?
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Vlad Ossipov commented
Highly efficient prepress work is achieved by minimizing unnecessary clicks in a production environment.
I consider Illustrator to be an industrial product. These additional microscopic buttons require you to aim at them, click them, and then deal with an equally microscopic window that pops up. Previously, all you had to do was click the image you needed, work with it, glance at the Control panel—the best panel, unlike the Properties panel—and immediately make a decision. There was no need to click around anywhere else.
I would also like to say that I consider the Properties panel to be the most pointless and utterly inefficient feature created by people who do not perform hands-on work in Adobe Illustrator. Practically every element there requires an additional click to perform an action: to choose a color, you have to click; and so on.
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Grafica Sohne commented
Would like Adobe reverse this change. It's so important for pre-press users and other.
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Color mode is also hidden.
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Astute Graphics
commented
This would be an ill-advised change.
If it takes place, Astute Graphics will look to add a panel to one of its free plugins to provide essential linked or embedded image information at a glance.
But ultimately, it would be best for all if Adobe reversed this change.