You have to understand that even what UI experience they had with the
Mac they threw away when they orphaned the Mac OS on FrameMaker. It's
been solid windows since Version 8. They took the Microsoft design
philosophy to heart and are busy fixing things that aren't broken.
Including the UI.
The interface on all the other products, even those that support the Mac
OS are slavishly devoted to Microsoft design efforts.
Scott
Karen Robbins wrote:
I don't think Adobe's UI work has anything to do with Macs. In fact, it
seems to be the antithesis of Mac UI design! :-)
Recent/current versions of FM's UI (and those of other Adobe products)
apparently do not make comprehensible use of usability research! The
complaints I read on this list frequently point to how the bad UI
interferes with and requires extra steps to workflow. For the complex
projects of Adobe's target FM users, one would think that exceptionally
efficient and intuitive workflow would be demanded and required. From a
user's standpoint, consistency at the expense of usability is, at best,
ineffective.
As long as we keep using this (and all) Adobe products--and do so
without creative and instructional criticism, their UIs will continue to
be designed ineffectively. Only when users speak up with voices and
dollars [insert your local currency here] is there a chance for the UI
to improve.
--Karen
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