AAAARRRGGGHHH (adobe shortcuts)

jaguar · 12-03-2004, 10:24 AM

I've spent the last week working almost constantly between Illustrator CS and Photoshop CS. For reasons beyond my feeble comprehension they both have completely different modifiers on mouse control for moving around.

For exmaple, in Illustrator Control-mousewheel zooms in and out, shift moves left-right. In Photoshop Option-mousewheel zooms and shift moves you a mile sideways. Anyone know how to get them to act in the same way? It's slowly going to drive me insane otherwise.

glatt · 12-03-2004, 10:53 AM

Can you imagine if cars were like that? In my Geo Prizm, when I turn the wheel to the right, the car accelerates, when I turn it to the left, it slows down. In my Geo Tracker, turning the wheel to the right makes the vehicle turn to the right. Turning it to the left makes it turn to the left.

It's quite an adjustment when I switch from one car to the other.

Clodfobble · 12-03-2004, 11:27 AM

Well that's what you get for buying a fucking Geo.

russotto · 12-03-2004, 07:22 PM

In the US, the turn signals are on the left and the wipers on the right (in most Japanese cars, anyway). In Australia and New Zealand they're the other way around, despite all the other controls being unmirrored (just moved to the right). This is probably the hardest thing to get used to for an American.

Wasn't Illustrator an early Adobe acquisition rather than an in-house program?

wolf · 12-04-2004, 02:58 PM

I think that was an Aldus program, along with Pagemaker that Adobe acquired later. I remember using a version on the Mac back in the early 90s.

Kitsune · 12-06-2004, 01:10 PM

I love bad design problems.

Carebear Nihilist · 12-06-2004, 01:49 PM

"In Soviet Russia, Car Drives You!"

I don't know about that adobe problem, I've been wanting to fix it myself, too. I can't stand it.

Undertoad · 12-06-2004, 02:48 PM

Kit's post of bad design problems led me to finally document the worst user interface i've ever encountered

12-03-2004, 10:24 AM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	AAAARRRGGGHHH (adobe shortcuts) I've spent the last week working almost constantly between Illustrator CS and Photoshop CS. For reasons beyond my feeble comprehension they both have completely different modifiers on mouse control for moving around. For exmaple, in Illustrator Control-mousewheel zooms in and out, shift moves left-right. In Photoshop Option-mousewheel zooms and shift moves you a mile sideways. Anyone know how to get them to act in the same way? It's slowly going to drive me insane otherwise. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

12-04-2004, 02:58 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that was an Aldus program, along with Pagemaker that Adobe acquired later. I remember using a version on the Mac back in the early 90s. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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12-03-2004, 10:53 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Can you imagine if cars were like that? In my Geo Prizm, when I turn the wheel to the right, the car accelerates, when I turn it to the left, it slows down. In my Geo Tracker, turning the wheel to the right makes the vehicle turn to the right. Turning it to the left makes it turn to the left. It's quite an adjustment when I switch from one car to the other.

12-03-2004, 11:27 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well that's what you get for buying a fucking Geo.

12-03-2004, 07:22 PM	#4
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	In the US, the turn signals are on the left and the wipers on the right (in most Japanese cars, anyway). In Australia and New Zealand they're the other way around, despite all the other controls being unmirrored (just moved to the right). This is probably the hardest thing to get used to for an American. Wasn't Illustrator an early Adobe acquisition rather than an in-house program?

12-06-2004, 01:10 PM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I love bad design problems.

12-06-2004, 01:49 PM	#7
Carebear Nihilist INTERNET Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oklahoma =( Posts: 16	"In Soviet Russia, Car Drives You!" I don't know about that adobe problem, I've been wanting to fix it myself, too. I can't stand it.

12-06-2004, 02:48 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Kit's post of bad design problems led me to finally document the worst user interface i've ever encountered

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