Which UI?

If the board, or whoever decides what features are added, have intentionally not added number of teeth, then what does that say about the board?

Actually there is no 'board'. You are still picturing this as a product with product management and board meetings on how to spend the available resources and how to position the product on the market to maximize return on investment. It's a common misconception because so much these days works that way. Product bashing and complaining is not going to get you anywhere here. Nobody is going to send you stuff from LinuxCNC to get a foothold in whatever market or company you happen to be working in because nobody is going to have any financial gain from having you use it.
The quickest way of changing things in LinuxCNC is to modify it yourself. Because with LinuxCNC you can.  
 

 My use case (3-axis dual-Y router) is dead simple, but it looks like I have to reengineer the Space Shuttle to include base level features and omit impractical default UI elements. 

This is really dead simple.

The best advice for implementing ANY computer system I have ever received is "Don't fight the paradigm"
If you do this, you will continue to be in a world of pain of your own making.

Its far better to adopt the Linuxcnc paradigm to start with. If you do want to rengineer a Space Shuttle, defer that until after you understand the paradigm. You may find that other positives far outweigh your perceived limitations.

Of course you are free to decide that the Linuxcnc paradigm does not suit you in which case you should adopt an alternative solution.

Aciera wrote:

Product bashing and complaining is not going to get you anywhere here.

I am giving a back-of-the-envelope assessment of what I saw with my own eyes. I have no expectation of a reward.

The quickest way of changing things in LinuxCNC is to modify it yourself. Because with LinuxCNC you can.  

Understood.
Remember, I am the very definition of an outsider here. I have poked a stick at LinuxCNC, to see what its defenders have to say about it, and I think I have enough information now. My takeaway is that development was abandoned decades ago, after someone with limited industrial experience graduated from the class they wrote it for as a project. Its online community has convinced itself that their baby is awesome and it's your fault for wanting something a little different. It's free so if you want something more polished, then the door is right there - don't let it hit you on the way out!
Fair!
I don't want to spoil your party.

Actually, i believe you have it all wrong, but are too pompous to figure it out.
there are still developments being made for LinuxCNC, and if you care to get off your high-horse and make a difference, rather than just stirring a turd, then by all means do so. but it seems to me that from your posts, you lack the skill to make a difference, so instead you just poke sticks.

I therefore declare, you are not worth any more of MY time. Enjoy your small little world.

travis036 wrote:

I therefore declare, you are not worth any more of MY time. Enjoy your small little world.

You are unironically proving my point, but thanks I guess.

I was in the military for a long time, and I like to think everyone in the room has thick skin and everything is on the table. At the end of the day, we are talking about industrial automation controls, so I don’t consider this much of an emotional investment.

I wanted to know how much the people who are responsible for maintaining LinuxCNC keep it up to date, and now I know. 

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sour_grapes

At the end of the day, we are talking about industrial automation controls, so I don’t consider this much of an emotional investment.

Actually, at the end of the day, when it comes to LinuxCNC we are talking about countless unpaid hours of volunteer work donated to provide a free and open source software to the interested user.

You have asked if it was possible to have surface speed and depth of cut displayed in the GUI and I went through the trouble to suggest a solution. Yet you did not even bother to look at any of the GUIs that come with an installation of LinuxCNC to see what you might want to change. Instead you went on a rant of 'Who knows what else has been forgotten?'. That is not exactly what I would call a cool, unemotional state of mind.
There are many people here on the forum who are happy to give their time to find solutions but in your case I got the distinct impression that solutions is not what you are after. Maybe you'll find what you are looking for if you look elsewhere.