People don't like change?
No they don't. But that doesn't answer the real question here: is the new UI better enough to outweigh the amount of time and productivity so many people will lose while adapting?
New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
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Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#22Sounds like they heard the feedback a month ago? See the "Official Response". https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/adobe...
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#23I honestly don't see the problem. Its a matter of getting used to. Now the question is whether its an improvement visually over the older version. Which is probably not, its just a change for the sake of change.
I didn't even notice there was a change until I saw this post.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#24I honestly don't see the problem. Its a matter of getting used to. Now the question is whether its an improvement visually over the older version. Which is probably not, its just a change for the sake of change.
That matter costs time and money. It's a real problem; for many people, Photoshop is their main work tool. Changing it has a cost.
Not to downplay the criticism (I agree with it wholeheartedly), but this argument can apply to literally any piece of software used in the business world, from Photoshop to Windows to Office.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#25Anyone have a link to the new UI? Couldn't find any screenshots of it and am still running a rather old version of PS.
Here's a side by side comparison of general UI http://i.imgur.com/bViZN6Z.png and dialog UI http://i.imgur.com/AlclEsk.png (by Marc Edwards), and a new welcoming screen http://blogs.adobe.com/richardcurtis/files/2015/12/Screen-Sh... . There are also some screenshots and videos in the official blog post http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshop/2015/11/photoshop-cc-2015-a... .
I can understand people complaining. The dialog UI you linked to is a horrible grey text and grey, it's really hard to read. The rest seems to be a case of "flatten it, because it's modern", it really don't make thing more visible or clearer.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#26Anyone have a link to the new UI? Couldn't find any screenshots of it and am still running a rather old version of PS.
Here's a side by side comparison of general UI http://i.imgur.com/bViZN6Z.png and dialog UI http://i.imgur.com/AlclEsk.png (by Marc Edwards), and a new welcoming screen http://blogs.adobe.com/richardcurtis/files/2015/12/Screen-Sh... . There are also some screenshots and videos in the official blog post http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshop/2015/11/photoshop-cc-2015-a... .
Rant mode on:
ugh
Again, this (insert three or four choice expletives) flat design meme that treats contrast as if it's an evil to be exorcised.
Never minding the fact that basic UI elements were moved for no good reason, the old UI differentiates the borders between elements a lot better than the new. Look at the layer selector in the first screenshot and compare it to the new one - the thicker lines between elements gives your eyes something to lock onto, and the elements "stand out" more. Colors are removed for.. why, again?
I know the advice is "engineers shouldn't design UIs", but I'm quickly coming to the conclusion graphic designers shouldn't either. Just about every UI convention of the last couple decades is being thrown out, or at least heavily modified, for something that's not necessarily better in any way.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#27People don't like change?
Correct, which is why you should, if possible, make gradual changes. These changes to Photoshop seems to be like Windows 8 (or 10), to a lesser degree though. The changes are made because the application looked "dated" not because they where needed to move the application forwards.
Windows of instance could look like it did in the Windows NT 4.0 days and nobody in business would care. Sure update the icons, tweak the fonts, add features, remove features that are no longer relevant, but don't try to revolutionize the GUI.
I know it sound like I'm advocating not moving forward, but the majority of people really just want to get their work done and to radical changes will slow them down.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#28That's the problem I have with the creative cloud model of forced updates. Professionals can have years invested in using a tool and becoming incredibly fast at it: all that can potentially be erased by being forced to upgrade to a version that changes the way you are used to working.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#29Sounds like they heard the feedback a month ago? See the "Official Response". https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/adobe...
It's not a strong response. Heard it and ignored it--Sass only points out that he has stories of other people say the UI is "relaxing".
Subjectiveness aside, though, my real issues are with Adobe eschewing native windowing and controls to reinvent their own UIs. I'm much more interesting in the apps just behaving as expected than how they look. For example, EVERY time I unplug from my monitor, the windows of the Adobe apps fall off the screen in a way that can't be recovered. They may even be faster than previous versions, but the UI makes them feel bloated and foreign.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#30These flat designs are the WORST. Jira, Office365, and now Photoshop? They're hideous and they're hard to read/use/work within. Who looks at existing flat designs and decides to implement it themselves? It's awful.