{"id":15864,"date":"2009-06-04T13:41:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T13:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2009\/06\/feedback-please-photoshop-jdi-just-do-it.html"},"modified":"2009-06-04T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T13:41:35","slug":"feedback_please_photoshop_jdi_just_do_it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/04\/feedback_please_photoshop_jdi_just_do_it\/","title":{"rendered":"Feedback, please: Photoshop JDI — "Just Do It""},"content":{"rendered":"

Every version of Photoshop needs to turn heads with exciting, breakthrough technology. Aiming high, however, can’t mean forgetting the “small” stuff*. Each version has to deliver lots of small, solid, impactful changes.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, next week the Photoshop team is going to try something new: By and large we’re going to take a break from working on big, long-term projects (Cocoa conversion, etc.), and instead all the engineers will focus on fixing small, irritating things about the program. It’s a short, intensive run at low-hanging fruit.<\/p>\n

We’re targeting the kind of stuff that makes you (or us) say, “Man, if only someone took a little time to change X, things would be so much smoother.” They’re the kind of changes that you see listed in our “CS4: Sweating the Details<\/a>” post.<\/p>\n

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So, what would you like to see the team do<\/strong>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We’ve pulled together a list of 30 or so candidate ideas for you to rate<\/a>. There are of course hundreds, if not thousands, of feature requests on record, and rather than trying to list everything, we’ve tried to whittle down to a reasonable set. You’re of course welcome to write in your own suggestions (and don’t feel like you have to rate everything).<\/p>\n

For this exercise it’s good to think in terms of very focused changes. Many times things that seem simple are complicated, but we’ll sort through the ideas & determine which is which. Example suggestions:<\/p>\n

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