Why do vector objects use a different GUI to set colours?

While teaching Photoshop in a class of mine, I noticed that in CS6 vector objects's colours remain unaffected by the main colour controls, and we have to switch to the object selection tool to display the colour controls in the properties bar.
Now, this feels very, very disjointed - why would one introduce such a disconnect in the overall user interface? Why not just use the ordinary colour controls? I mean, trying to pick up the colour from a bitmap layer for a vector object takes five steps now: select object with object selection tool, click on the fill button in the properties bar, click on the colour picker, then we can pick up a colour from the image, anc finally click to confirm. And the colour change only gets applied after clicking "okay". No realtime feedback. Have to repeat the last three steps again and again to test for different colours.
Wow. Just... Wow. :-(
The Colour swatch palette does not work either with vector objects. Nor the eye dropper tool! Just plain silly, if you ask me.
Quite a bad workflow, or am I missing something here?
I compare this to Photoline, where the overall colour controls govern all types of objects, including vector layers and bitmap layers the same way, and with instant feedback. Photoshop CS6's colour picking workflow for vector objects looks extremely convoluted compared.
Has this workflow been improved at all in Photoshop CC?

@ JJMack: I used Photoshop in a professional manner since version 3, so I am sort of privy to its overall development throughout the years. ;-)
My intention is not to start a comparison between Photoline and Photoshop - both have their caveats and benefits. I stopped using Photoshop 9 months ago and switched to Photoline, and on overall, I much prefer PL's workflow now for image editing and compositing. (Comparing Elements with PL is not really a fair fight - PL's feature set, aside from the 3d, scripting, and video components, is 95% feature identical with Photoshop).
The main reason I still have Photoshop in my professional life is not due to missing features in the alternatives I now use compared to Photoshop (as a matter of fact the combined power of the alternatives are superior in terms of provided features), but merely because the students I teach are taught the "industry standard", and I keep up knowledge-wise.
Anyway, I am not expecting Photoshop to encompass the same functionality as Illustrator, nor do I want to compare Photoline's vector drawing tools to a dedicated vector illustration package. I am, however, experienced enough as a user (and a UX designer myself) to identify some very odd fragmented user interface behaviours in software.
The new vector shapes are a very welcome recent addition in PH, though I question the strange disconnected implementation.

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