Typography Interface problems in Ai CS6 (Windows7)

Question

I have used pretty much all the Illustrator versions from CS2 onward, mainly for typographic work.
In the new version I've been using – Illustrator CS6 on Windows 7 –  the typography panels are behaving differently from previous versions and it is extremely frustrating!
Character Panel - On previous versions you can click on the font menu in the Character Panel and you get a list with previews, then you can search by scrolling with the mouse wheel or by typing in the name of a font. But in CS6 the mouse wheel doesn't work, you have to click on arrow buttons or move the mouse to the top/bottom of the list to scroll (and it scrolls very slowly!). When you try to type to search, it only lets you type the first letter, not the full font name. So if you're looking for Museo for example, you can only type 'M' then you still have to scroll through all the M's until you find it, if you type 'M' then 'U' (as I would do normally) you are taken to 'U' in the list.
Character Context Menu - I use the context menu (the one that lives at the top of the screen) a lot. Again on previous versions it was really quick to click the drop down and just start typing the first few letters in the font name until you see the one you're looking for. In CS6 you can only do a type search when the drop down menu is closed, when you open the drop down, type to search no longer works!
Can someone please let me know if there is a solution for this?

Answer 1

Hi Mike, my main concern is the lack of type search in the font panels when the dropdown is open (as shown in the attached images). This was possible in previous version and in current version of Indesign but not in Illustrator.
You will also notice another problem in the preview panel, which doesn't even open up to the selected font!