Can I Get a Hallelujah?

[rogerhoward at rogerroger.org]

On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:06 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

>>
>> Photoshop is and has been for years completely feature-complete on  
>> both platforms and I really doubt that'll change any time soon...  
>> which is a good thing, as frankly if they were inclined to favor  
>> one platform over another we *might* not like the choice!
>>
>> I mean certainly there are differences that can be chalked up to  
>> platform differences, but they are mainly UI, not app features  
>> only available on one or the other.
>>
>> So no, and yes :)
>>
>
> I'm a Sibelius user (music scoring) and recommend it. But, when I  
> make a request that might leverage a Mac feature (and what I  
> consider an advantage), I get the "there is no analog on Windows,  
> so we won't do that ... ".
>
> Considering Leopard and what I personally believe will further  
> differentiate the platform, I view this approach with a disgruntled  
> visage.

For audio apps that may well be, but I'd be pretty hard-pressed to  
imagine something relevant to a Photoshop user that can be done on  
Leopard that can't be done on Vista.

> Regarding UI, that's exactly what I'm taking about.  I believe the  
> Mac UI is one of the key benefits wrt productivity.  We're talking  
> about "user interface".  Are there no advantages to the Mac user  
> interface?

Well by UI differences I may have implied too much; the differences  
between the apps are very subtle between the OSX and Windows builds -  
minor things mostly, or just native dressing (window themes and  
standard dialogs for instance).

While I don't disagree about the overall productivity differences -  
at least for me - between OSX and Windows, again I'm not sure how  
that would impact the UI within a complex app like Photoshop, which  
is pretty damn self-contained, and not constrained by the OS in terms  
of UI. Photoshop is one of the few apps I can comfortably switch  
between platforms and barely miss a beat.