can we have like a little distance meter somwhere?

nothing hugely intrusive perhaps just a little number to the left of the action bar where the little sword is.
all i really want is to know how far away my target is so i know if i'm at the 8 yalm mark for combos. or how far away the person i'm trying to heal is.

perhaps it's just me but a yalm seems to be a different amount of distance depending on what zone your in.

The bars next to the party member list in the 2.0 image are what you were requesting. However, we are currently planning to use a combination of numbers and colors to represent the different hate levels. For example, 1 or A (aggro) representing red, 2 representing yellow, and 3 and on representing green.
if this is what i think it is could you not just put one of the little hate boxes next to each plaer in the party list. so if i target ifrit i can see who in my party has yellow hate red hate etc.

you dont really ned a 1 2 3 system. though perhaps 1 or 2 more colours. like blue green yellow orange red blinkyred. in a tiny little box next to peoples names just like that little box that comes up near your selcted target

think that would look a lot nicer than a screen full of numbers