What small workflow improvements would you like to see in the future?

[gwpriester]

The new TrueType support is welcome but the UI is not very helpful. I menu of available glyphs and ligatures would be a more intuitive way for a designer to select the apply these options.

The screen palette is woefully inadequate. I know that Xara determined long ago what users could select a primary color then adjust the color in the Color Editor but the primary colors seem to have been picked by some mathematical model instead of a more primary group of colors. A larger palette of colors would be more useful. Maybe a popup menu over each primary color with a selection of light and dark plus saturation options?

I mentioned this in the Web features request. The web animation dialog really needs a revisit. It is not intuitive and there is no way for a user to enter a specific time.

Some of the FX filter options could use an Apply button so the user can select several options at one time and then press Apply.

True grayscale that is recognized by Acrobat as grayscale and not RGB. Plus support for spot colors in bitmaps that will be recognized in PDF/X format as spot colors and not RGB.

When working in two page spread mode, separate controls for the left and right pages. When doing a book or a magazine for example, the left and right inside and outside margins might be different. Currently, there is an option to apply a change globally which is fine for one side or the other but not independent. Being able to just move the left text area over a bit or all the right page text areas would be a tremendous improvement.

And of course, Master Pages. And this is important both for print and for the web.

Sticky option for Content Catalog so the user can import several objects at one time.

Larger image in Content Catalog when you mouse over a stock photo or illustration.

The ability to move the ends of the control handles (the bezier handles) with the arrow keys.

[Acorn]

Commonality across controls.

Slider controls with numeric input to set exact values a la Profile/Transparency/Blur controls. (c.f., Nib size/Smoothing versus Speed/Delay 0 - 5 secs).
All input boxes with dropdowns to respond to Wheelie mouse action (e.g., Stroke shape fails this).
Replace direct entry Controls with the same capability as Wheelie action to alter values (scroll +/- 1 unit, Ctrl +scroll +/- 5 units, ...).

Avoid overloading existing controls.
The highjacking of the QuickShape tool for Smart Shapes.
The hiding of the Smart transform option.

Xara shapes have a Rotate display of the current angle (0° +/-180°).
Do the same for H&V Skew.

Acorn