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So if you’ve downloaded the Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta you may have noticed the new application icon. It’s basically a blue square with the letters “Ps” on it. I thought it was a beta icon place-holder until Adobe could design a better one, but it’s actually the final one. The whole product line is moving to this square, minimalist look. I’m reminded of a periodic table of elements - scientifically useful but boring with a capital “Bo.”
I know this is totally nit-picky with an outstanding program and totally worth-while upgrade, but I think these simple icons look like ass. Pretty much all the other programs in OS X are moving towards a stylized, photo-realistic icon approach, and although that has it’s issues as well, for Adobe to go backwards in this regard… well, it actually, despite any logic, it makes me not want to put the icon in the dock!
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Yeah, I went over and looked at the “periodic” wheel image you linked to. Talk about confusing. I’d have preferred if a class of apps all shared the same color and had more literal icons. My dock right now has a camera for PS Elements and that seems very intuitive to me. Speaking of which, how will they differentiate between full versions of Photoshop (Ps) and all the lite ones? Pse? That seems pretty lame.
Well… from what I can gather they have some usability argument. I’m totally fine with colors… just gimme a square with rounded corners and some pretty image to look at… especially if it’s going to be in my dock all day.