I've requested this feature already many times, on this forum and private communications with employees for years! I'm against having all these function names though. You will get so many functions that all do basically the same. I think they should implement (what they call now) ScalingFunctions thoughout all functions, so you can have (List)Plot3D with the option ScalingFunctions with options like:

{xscaling, yscaling, zscaling}

where each of them can be "Linear", Log, Log10, Reverse, Date, or even combinations ({Reverse,Data} or {Reverse,Log} or so) et cetera

1 function that does all, not hundreds of functions with all the combinations...

Thanks, Sander. I agree about the function names. ScalingFunction is a MUCH better idea.

This reminds me of the 15 year uphill battle to get plot legends which could be implemented without developing a proof of Fermat's last Theorem in the process. Perhaps we could organize demonstrations at the next Mathematica conference -- something like the 1968 convention of the Democratic Party here in the US.