Is Unsharp Mask Still the Gold Standard?

Some of us who've been using Photo Shop for a long time now have come to rely on certain tools we know work in the way we like them to work, for example, if we want to bring some overall light to oue images we simply click on Image > Adjustment . Brighten/Contrast and we notice that by dragging the Brightness slider to the right that we get the effect we want. And that by choosing Filter Unsharp Mask that we can easily sharpen an image. However for those of you who haven't taken the time to look into the tool added in CS2 called Smart Sharpen, we can choose not only from from Amount, Radius & Threshhold, but a host of other options which I think you'll find somewhat more appealing and adjustable. Take a look at this video and see for yourself.