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Definitely a bad decision…  
My take on this still stands: 
 

Because that's what manuals are being written for…?  
A self-respecting professional software user reads manuals – if available – to learn all those nifty tricks that may be intentionally hidden from the surface in order not to distract novice users. Perhaps it's just me, but that's how I've been proceeding in the past 35 years of my DTP experience. (Although, back in 1989 I didn't have a user manual for the PageMaker 3 that someone installed on the Macintosh SE/30 in the public university library, and it took me quite some time to figure it all out by myself, without any former computer training while I was at design school…)
Once I have looked it up (in Ash's post above, as it's not in the manual yet), it appears totally obvious and intuitive to me. But again, perhaps it's just me…  
And you still can. It hasn't been taken away.

Something about multiple menu clicks being more intuitive than typing "=" as expression...
I like the feature. One thing I could imagine is that the button for transform individually could be exposed to the transform panel as well, because that saves mouse travel to disparate places. Especially with the new expression feature, it makes sense to put them together imo.

This has been a general issue with the pressure feature since it was introduced in v1. 
In that sense, the new Line Width tool is apparently "only" a different front end to what's been there for a long time and only editable via the Pressure curve until now. But at least it's more convenient.
(Considering this, I can't say that I'm overwhelmed either… )

There is a Worldwide standard, but Creatives by their nature don't follow it... 🙂
and in Marketing,  "new" is an old word.
Seriously, there probably is an accepted standard for version control for software BUT if you note V1.5  is build 27332.23.4.5 so the version control system for SW is not the same as the marketing release numbers.  Look at OSX for example after 10.9 (the X in OSX being "10" )  it went to 10.10 as opposed to 10.1 and then to 10.11

For Adobe CS the difference between CS5.0 and CS5.5 was far greater than the small incremental changes between CS5.5 and CS6.0
So version numbers mean nothing other than it is the next release.  The Build numbers (where you can see them) show a bit more.   However, these numbers are completely orthogonal  to any other product.  Even from the same developers, let alone another company.

Those numbers don't mean anything.
Or is there a Worldwide Versioning Standard Committee® whitepaper which every developer must painstakingly follow otherwise they will be removed from their License To Develop™…? 

Definitely a bad decision…  
My take on this still stands: 
 

It's still relevant because the Photo and Publisher Personas do not have this tool. Not to mention that the panel is still useful for doing stuff such as saving your curve profiles. It needs improvements.

Still not fixed, obviously…  
^ Just checked using my above test stroke which I have then saved as an asset.

(Also, I'm in fact still eagerly waiting for exactly the opposite: a roughen effect à la Illustrator… )

This please!

Alright, found an old thread where we've discussed similar issue – and related bugs – before:
To work around the bug – still present as of v2.2.0 FFS! – you must follow this insane voodoo ritual as demonstrated in my screencast from 2021 if you want a K gradient overprint: 

apu_ktint_overprint_trick.mp4

For closed curves, it's a Good Thing™.
Perhaps the profile panel should be a bit smarter and differentiate between closed and open curves.
Agreed

This has been a general issue with the pressure feature since it was introduced in v1. 
In that sense, the new Line Width tool is apparently "only" a different front end to what's been there for a long time and only editable via the Pressure curve until now. But at least it's more convenient.
(Considering this, I can't say that I'm overwhelmed either… )

For closed curves, it's a Good Thing™.
Perhaps the profile panel should be a bit smarter and differentiate between closed and open curves.
Agreed

Oh, that does help, but it's not overly intuitive as there's no indication in the appearance panel that the stroke has a width profile associated with it. Perhaps adding another attribute such as 'Profile' (see mockup below) could help to indicate that the stroke has additional width/profile data associated with it?

Addendum: I added a few more thoughts on the overall stroke width 'Profile' UX in another post.

I love this! Works great! 
Only thing that's related to this tool that I hope gets improved is this panel:

It's too small. Being able to resize it and making the Profile feature more global so other features could reuse them, i.e. brush settings, would make it even better. It also needs an option to invert the curves.

Yeah, I miss that effect a lot, but I'd prefer it to be more of a non-destructive vector effect (sort of a mix between the contour tool and layer FX) so that you could always go back and edit the effect as and when needed. Also see 'pucker, bloat, splatter, block shadow, offset, etc'. Roughen also isn't an effect that should be limited to the pencil tool, as using it with paths/curves/shapes drawn with the pen tool, shapes and fonts would also be desirable.

This please!

The new smoothing algorithm is fantastic! It's such a pleasure to use now, and with almost (I'm just being very fussy) no clean up required. The new implementation of the auto-close settings is really intuitive. Well done. I'll report back any issues I find with it, but just wanted to acknowledge what an improvement this is.
Addendum: Okay, now I know this is going to sound whiny, but is there anyway to reduce or turn off the smoothing? It's now very difficult to draw a rough, hand-drawn line. I do LOVE the new smoothing algorithm, but there are times where I want my lines to look a little rougher.

Fair enough. I really liked all the "happy accident 'bugs'" in v1 where you can use the Links panel in APu and ADe or the Text Frame panel in ADe and APh if you know the dirty little secret how to obtain them.  

Seriously?
Serious users are here. Non serious users leave when it doesn't suit their needs. Other non serious users never come here because they use it instead of discussing it. Non users don't come here.

The real question is though;
Why are there so many people posting nonessential topics and keep on discussing these topics to fill their days.
And by doing so, making it for the (new) user,seeking answers, so difficult.

And boy are there some bone scrapers here. But yes a general chat forum that could be ignored/blocked from the streams by the members, could be the solution.
 

It's a MacOS security feature.
Not a "bug".

In addition to these excellent points, I would also point out that if anyone is working in an area with poor or no internet connectivity, there is no reason to rob them of access to online help simply to add rich video content that is probably not as important as having a quick reference to some less familiar feature they are trying to use.
Some users may also work in an environment where they need to be disconnected from the internet for security reasons and losing access to online help would similarly mean losing access to any kind of help.
I agree that a change to online-only help is a TERRIBLE idea.  PLEASE reconsider.

I like the place panel but I would like it to be persistent. If I drag 20 images and start placing them one by one (not autoflow), I cannot stop the process or switch to another tool to make a small adjustment, otherwise the place panel disappears and I loose track of what images have already been placed.
Making it persistent like any other panel would be very helpful when working with imported assets