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Re:I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Somet... by mnicole on Friday May 03, 2013 @01:59PM (#5651571)
> for new users it's a miserably difficult product to learn, especially for any kind of casual use.

.. means the UX is bad. Just because it's an advanced tool doesn't mean it needs to be unreasonably difficult to wrap your head around. Pixelmator isn't as powerful, but the UX for most of what it does far exceeds Photoshop's similar features.

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Re:I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Somet... by jpatokal on Friday May 03, 2013 @06:44PM (#5653100)
Discoverability != usability. Products designed for casual, first-time users must be discoverable (= it's easy to figure out how to do things), while tools for professionals repeating a workflow over and over must be usable (= fast to do what you want). Photoshop is usable but not discoverable, Gmail has to be both and it's a fine line to walk.
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