Mission Control vs Spaces. Was this an upgrade?

In spaces, I could see which space that I was in by looking at menu bar.  Apparently this does not happen with Mission Control.  I work most of the time with two monitors and with spaces I could move any window to the space on either monitor.  With Mission control, I cannot move a window to the other monitor.  This is improtant because I move Finder windows to where I have Mail so I can drag and drop onto an E-mail.  I use this for e-mails with multiple attachments.
I have yet to see an advantage of Mission Control over spaces.

Wasn't a upgrade, it was a arbitrary decision to mess with the UI and people's heads.
I agree it should have both MC and Spaces, let the best UI interface win.

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    So let's recap.  One third party software removes distracting desktop clutter, the other removes distracting app windows.  Both can be toggled on and off from the menu bar.  One is free, one costs $2.  These two solutions remove the only real feature of FULL SCREEN APPS and make SPACES and it's newfangled cousin MISSION CONTROL pointless.
    Need that last one explained?  Well, what's Mission Control but a variant of spaces?  To invoke MC and switch to the needed window are those same two annoying steps Spaces added into the mix.  Nothing was fixed.  Plus, like spaces, you must invest time and energy organizing such spaces.
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    Unfortunately, it doesn't. The Creative Cloud label does disappear from the larger desktop in Mission Control. After posting this problem, I installed the 10.9.4 Combo updater but that didn't help.

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