Comments on: It’s Guest Blog Wednesday Featuring: Photoshop Senior Product Manager, John Nack

By: lukin

lukin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:12:25 +0000

hey Kelby
thanks for everything you do for the creative community and i simply can`t thank you enough for the tremendous work you provide for us being Adobe and or Photoshop end users
let me point out that i like what Adobe is trying to pull off here, that`s really some awesome stuff, good luck Adobe and thank you very much Kelby.

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By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:43:00 +0000

I simply can’t understand how someone could read this article and come back saying Adobe doesn’t listen to users. It boggles the mind how people can miss the whole point of what’s begin said.

You can’t make everyone happy for sure. Such discussions are certainly an illustration of that, regardless of the other points made.

I like the direction Adobe is going with Photoshop. Not so sure about Acrobat 9 and AIR and some other technologies. As long as Photoshop remains solid, fast and without peer, my #1 tool at work will keep me happy.

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By: imajes

imajes — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:49:18 +0000

“So many people hate Microsoft just because Microsoft thinks it always knows better what users need than the users themselves.”

I’d say exactly the same about Apple, in fact Apple is even more nannying and restrictive, exemplified by the the one size fits all approach of their products. ‘Think Different’ ..[as long as it’s exactly the way we do].
I use both OSs and by choice, before fanboys take a pop.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:21:10 +0000

Work on the Carbon-Cocoa Conversion on Mac, before adding NEW features. It will be Easier to add new features as well.

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By: MikLav

MikLav — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:03:28 +0000

P.S. And I second the comment from Kevin - our feature requests better to be re-phrased. If they are made as more general problem statements it will probably help to get Adobe more attentive.

By: MikLav

MikLav — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:06 +0000

There are 2 sides of the medal. Contemporary marketing equals “cool new features”, and “many new features”. R&D resources are all directed to deliver many cool new features. The same time the motto of contemporary business is “cost saving”. These things together result quite often lower quality and “holes” or “bags” or other unpleasant things that didn’t deserve attention because they were not “cool” nor “new”.

I didn’t say that specifically about Photoshop, but what I hear from John instantly rings the bell for me. Majority of requests Scott’s poll were to make existing photoshop a better and more convenient tool. The response is, however, “don’t worry about that, we know that we will bring you something cool”.

So many people hate Microsoft just because Microsoft thinks it always knows better what users need than the users themselves.

I still hope Adobe will listen to it’s users and that innovation will not take all the place of improvement of existing features.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:08:32 +0000

A fair price compared with the US version or the chance to buy the US version on line would be the feature I’d like most. It becomes a bit difficult to justify committing to Adobe formats like DNG when Adobe has such a track record of increasing prices for non-US customers. Especially when the version we buy is EXACTLY the same as the US version i.e. not localised.

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John Nack | Illustrator Stuff | Tip of the Day | Planet Photoshop — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:57:59 +0000

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By: Camp Photoshop

Camp Photoshop — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:53 +0000

WALL•E art school for Photoshop users…

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