{"id":12547,"date":"2007-11-09T08:53:33","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T08:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/11\/clarification-on-johnny-cash.html"},"modified":"2007-11-09T08:53:33","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T08:53:33","slug":"clarification_on_johnny_cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/09\/clarification_on_johnny_cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarification on "Johnny Cash""},"content":{"rendered":"

Ooh, I’ve been Slashdotted<\/a>.  I wondered why the blog had gotten more visitors before 7AM than it usually gets all day.  Thanks for all the comments.<\/p>\n

I need to clarify a couple of things.  A commenter on the Slashdot story said, “Well, Adobe just told you themselves that the Photoshop UI sucks.”  Er, no.  Two things:<\/p>\n

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  1. “Adobe” didn’t say anything; I<\/em> said something (see disclaimer about these opinions being my own, etc.).  Yes, I sometimes get lazy and conflate myself with the team\/product\/company, but I’m really just the Simple Unfrozen Caveman Web Designer they happened to hire to work on Photoshop.  But more importantly…<\/li>\n
  2. I didn’t say that the Photoshop UI sucks<\/u>.  I said that it’s not good enough (which is to say, it’s never “good enough”).  If the UI sucked, I somehow doubt that millions of people would rely on it every day for mission-critical work.  And, incidentally, every time we survey customers, we find that the number reporting themselves “satisfied” or “very satisfied” comes in above 90%. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It’s my job to be somewhat hard on the product, pushing like mad to eke out every improvement possible.  Without dissatisfaction, why change?  I hate the idea that “good enough is good enough,” that we can and should just putter around the edges.  To remain groundbreaking, Photoshop has<\/em> to mess with success.<\/p>\n

    Okay, second part: I don’t want people to be disappointed if the next Photoshop interface doesn’t look like some Martian voodoo lovechild driven by foot pedals & ocular implants.  Yes, we’re working (as we have been) to open the door to some really nice improvements, but change takes time.  I believe we can deliver a better experience without breaking the interface people already know & like.  Just don’t be mad if the next version of PS doesn’t cook you breakfast.  (That’s for CS5. ;-)) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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