On today’s episode of Old Man Nack’s Software Woulda-Shoulda, I’d note the inordinate amount of time I spent lobbying fruitlessly for Illustrator & Photoshop to add properties panels of the sort you’d see in Macromedia apps—but who the hell cares, it’s here now:

The new Properties Panel shows you the controls you need, when you need them. It organizes all of your panels into one location so you can access them quickly and easily, resulting in a clean, clutter-free workspace.