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I understand why people are upset — but let's not pretend that Adobe's interfaces have ever been able to pass any usability tests.

paulojreis 11y ago
I think the issue is not a good UI going bad. Rather, it's a familiar UI going unfamiliar. I can use Ps with my eyes closed, and it's software aimed for professional usage. Changing the UI means I'm losing hours and hours of conditioning myself to its quirks, as well as familiarity with the software. Even if the new UI is better, you'd have to weight how much better it is.
- awesomerobot 11y ago
  That's questionable though — there are a lot of people switching over to Sketch who were previously in Photoshop, and while Photoshop may have never been the right tool for interface design work... plenty of Photoshop users were willing to try something new. You're right though, it's all a matter of weighing whether or not it's worth it. I wonder what Adobe's methodology for the change was.
smrtinsert 11y ago
I disagree the new ui looks bad, and I disagree Adobe's ui is not important. Even with years of PS under my belt I can't make the transition to Gimp simply because everything is in the wrong place, and I've tried many times. Part of Photoshops success has been the great layout of its tools.
- awesomerobot 11y ago
  That's not true at all! Photoshop's UI is awful — their strategy is essentially "space shuttle cockpit." A bunch of mono-colored tools with anachronistic icons (ask anyone under 20 what the burn tool icon means — or even what burning is as a photography concept), tools under other tools, options hidden in drawers, incredibly tiny mouse targets. I'd wager that 90% of daily users touch about 40% of the interface they show by default. You've just been flying for so long that you can't imagine it being any other way (and you say so yourself).

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I understand why people are upset — but let's not pretend that Adobe's interfaces have ever been able to pass any usability tests.

by awesomerobot 11y ago

paulojreis 11y ago
I think the issue is not a good UI going bad. Rather, it's a familiar UI going unfamiliar. I can use Ps with my eyes closed, and it's software aimed for professional usage. Changing the UI means I'm losing hours and hours of conditioning myself to its quirks, as well as familiarity with the software. Even if the new UI is better, you'd have to weight how much better it is.
- awesomerobot 11y ago
  That's questionable though — there are a lot of people switching over to Sketch who were previously in Photoshop, and while Photoshop may have never been the right tool for interface design work... plenty of Photoshop users were willing to try something new. You're right though, it's all a matter of weighing whether or not it's worth it. I wonder what Adobe's methodology for the change was.
smrtinsert 11y ago
I disagree the new ui looks bad, and I disagree Adobe's ui is not important. Even with years of PS under my belt I can't make the transition to Gimp simply because everything is in the wrong place, and I've tried many times. Part of Photoshops success has been the great layout of its tools.
- awesomerobot 11y ago
  That's not true at all! Photoshop's UI is awful — their strategy is essentially "space shuttle cockpit." A bunch of mono-colored tools with anachronistic icons (ask anyone under 20 what the burn tool icon means — or even what burning is as a photography concept), tools under other tools, options hidden in drawers, incredibly tiny mouse targets. I'd wager that 90% of daily users touch about 40% of the interface they show by default. You've just been flying for so long that you can't imagine it being any other way (and you say so yourself).