If this means ‘smart layouts’ get completely decommissioned, I love it!
Things I want to see…
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Opt-in / Opt-out. No ‘pausing’, but a setting level check box that allows you to enable or disable the feature. Smart layouts was a terrible, very distributive experience. Don’t force a power user feature on novice users.
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Separate ‘edit’ vs ‘live’ experiences. No trying to ‘smartly’ move, adjust, or resize while editing. It’s unpredictable and chaotic.
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Honestly, the most important thing (despite is being low-tech) is just fixing the distribute, tidy, and aligning features. I don’t care much about having an auto-layout until after the manual controls work.