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Re:New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the offici... by smrtinsert on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @10:52AM (#11297770)
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.

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Re:New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the offici... by awesomerobot on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @05:40PM (#11300897)
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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