Ok it took me long enough to upgrade myself to Adobe CS4, but I am so happy i did – Talk about an intuitive workspace!! Every time Adobe comes out with a new version of their software their interface improves a whole hell of alot!
Cs3 was great compared to Cs2 as Adobe had made many changes in the Interface. One change that i liked back then was the fact that when you dragged Photoshop (CS3) onto your other monitor all your open files dragged with the window. This was not true for CS2 at the time it was out, and you had to drag all the windows one by one or switch to your default workspace.
As for CS4 there are many great features, but the one i liked the most (i’m still tinkering with it!) was the fact that on the top-right hand side you can easily switch to the GROUP of panels you want to work with. So if you want to the analysis panel and its children to dock on the right all you have to do was click the group that you wanted. This is a time saver and really helped me with my workflow and organization.
It amazes me how the Engineers at Adobe progress their software with each new version. I mean it isnt easy to continuously outdo yourself time and time again + make vast improvements to the User Interface (thats prob why interface and usability experts are so well paid and in demand.)
I could take a gander and guess that the most of the code stays the same, but all their efforts go into UI and Usability Design. Well done Adobe and Engineers, you guys are the best and brightest!!!
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wow, adobe cs4 is very nice.
hell no. the CS4 interface is AWFUL. its ugly and locks you into how it wants everything displayed like the newest versions of flash. i hate the auto-resizing of the panels on the left, and how you cant move them to where you want them. and i miss the windows frame! BRING IT THE FUCK BACK ADOBE.
Flash 8 was ok, Then Flash CS3 came. It’s a bit off because there was no real upgrade. It’s a scrambled menus. I prefer the 8 version where you can dock the Properties window at the side. It gives me bigger working space. As a professional animator, I find CS 4 as paralyzing. The Kinematics doesn’t blend well with the cut out animation technique we had developed. Don’t you realized that Flash has become a bad ass animation software??? What were you thinking Adobe people??? I think Adobe should hire me as a consultant so that Adobe will be in the right direction as far as Animation Television Production is concerned. We do 3 D effects in Flash using just the symbols, and I though a 3D capabilities for Flash will be the future of Flash vector animation.
Completely disagree. The CS4 UI (on Windows) is awful. Why doesn’t Adobe use the nice interface provided with Windows which is much more sleek and intuitive (Aero) than the dark UI crap Adobe puts in all their apps. Microsoft provides common controls for applications, DEVELOPPERS SHOULD USE THEM FTW. And where the hell is the Windows frame in Fireworks?!? Let me say that Adobe apps are ugly compared to what Microsoft offers with Aero and the modern 7 UI.
CS4 user interface is depressing at best.
It’s really the ugliest ui I’ve ever seen on any program!
And CS5… well, CS5 it’s the same crap!
Oh, Adobe CS4, Cs5 and CS5.5 user interfaces are so horrible I can’t stand them.
Who had the idea of that ugly dark grey??? and a ui that is not consistent with the underlying OS environment?
Oh.. boy! what a terrible idea!
and they still wonder why Adobe Creative Suite sales have been below expectations since CS3…