After 10 years one would think there would be a better uniformity. I understand each app was developed before it was an Adobe app, or it was developed before the user interface guidlines were standardized, but come on. And in InDesign, well, good luck remembering its combination just to get the container and the object to size at the same time. In Illustrator you have to hold the shift-key down. What bothers me about the Adobe line of products is, each app is designed and maintained by a different department and those departments do not talk to each other to make the user interface or commands the same.įor instance: When making items larger and you want to keep the ratio in Photoshop, you just drag the item at any of the corners. They work and do what I want them to do - most of the time. Star Mint Pastel Star Orange Pastel Adobe Creative Suite The following, not exhaustive list, is of NOTEWORTHY websites, products, and applications that we use on our Macs.

Their apps are probably really good, but I will not use them if they are blocky and square looking. There are so many programmers now, both young and old, that have come from the unix and windows world that they have no idea how to make a Mac looking application. How many do we really need that do the same thing? Some are free and others you pay. My biggest peeve is that there are too many renditions of a particular task, such as system maintenance that helps the common user to use unix commands. Downloading, installing, trying it out, deleting it - this task is much easier on a Mac, I know I run both - We now have the over indulgence of software to choose from, and finding the tight, clean, and very stable version of a particular genre is a more time consuming and daunting a task, especially for those that have no idea what they really need. Yes, now us Mac Users have to tread through the list of thousands upon thousands of items, and find what we think is the best one for us just like windows users have had to do for many years before.

The BAD thing is that there is no shortage, nor will there be for sometime, of products for the Mac. Scanners, Printers, Backpacks, Hard Drives, Accessories, Software, Games, and so forth. The GOOD thing is that there is no shortage, nor will there be for sometime, of products for the Mac.

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