Comments on: Adobe goes for cool new “shareware” look in CS3

By: dr woohoo

dr woohoo — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:12:26 +0000

aral. haha. no, you’re right, i’m hiding. i’m working on a couple of special projects right now in my mad laboratory that occupy all of my free time. but, i should be finished sculpting the code in a month or two, so maybe in toronto this spring we can talk about chemistry sets. LOL.

happy holidays everyone,
dr woohoo!

By: Philip Bulley

Philip Bulley — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:51:32 +0000

To be honest, the abbreviation of the app names is just a continuation/directly influenced by what macromedia have been doing since the MX series. Although Adobe have successfully managed to up the ‘yawn’ factor, I can’t say I’m all that surprised. In short, this brand package will never invoke the sense of inspiration that this kind lady would do with ease:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackie/220823735/in/photostream/

By: aral

aral — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:37:21 +0000

Drew: LOL! Only if you decide to come out of hiding and come visit our lovely Brighton. Or has it been me in hiding?

By: dr woohoo

dr woohoo — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:08:06 +0000

aral, it seems that you had a bad experience in chemistry class. please sit down and tell me about it. LOL.

woohoo!
drew

By: aral

aral — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:16:01 +0000

Hi KIngofpunk: A wise man once said “make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Simplicity doesn’t necessarily mean absolute minimalism in every case. Perhaps, in this case, we have a solution that is not as simple as possible but simpler. In other words it doesn’t meet the requirements that many people have for it. Requirements that may include a level of aesthetic quality which, in the film world at least, we would call production values. Or an adherence to certain design criteria that has become expected (at least on the Mac platform).

By: luke

luke — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:02:52 +0000

Im waiting for Adobe Bs to be released.

By: KIngofpunk

KIngofpunk — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:26:55 +0000

I am really tired of that mac aqua looking style, these new icons are really welcome,
SIMPLE IS BEAUTIFUL, SIMPLE IS POWERFUL, many mac users forget about that…

By: Josh Tynjala

Josh Tynjala — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:47:57 +0000

Good one with the photoshop toolbox, Aral. However, to be a more accurate comparison, the different items should be color-coded in some way.

By: BLOG by zaiss » Pretty Colors, Bad Design

BLOG by zaiss » Pretty Colors, Bad Design — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:43:02 +0000

[...] I heard through the grapevine about the announcement of the Adobe CS3 icons, and it’s getting quite a bit of criticism. [...]

By: aral

aral — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:19:11 +0000

What if the Photoshop palette used the same design:
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2789/cs3toolbarop4.gif

Love it!