
This means there's an opportunity for developers to introduce products via the Mac App Store, products designed to appeal to niche sections of Adobe's existing creative markets. 'Doe' can't be the only traditional graphic designer who feels such dissent. He also feels resentment at his perception that user interface changes mean traditional publishing features are sometimes harder to find. I don't need or use online publishing features - why can't these be offered as modular add-ons from within the applications?" he said. " What annoys me is that software developers are so determined to add extra features into every release in order to give their marketing department something to sell that they lose sight of the main features their users need. A twenty-year industry veteran, 'John Doe', designs websites, magazines, brochures, point of sales material and more. Photoshop provides a myriad of tools, but not every user needs all these tools.ĭiscussing CS 5 this morning, one professional graphic designer of my acquaintance expressed annoyance at Adobe's treatment of its core customers.

This is a huge success because it delivers enough image editing features for many.
