P: New user interface lacks contrast and many usability cues, lots of other problems

@Chris - Not sure why this is still being discussed. As many people have mentioned, start again with the UI and ensure the people responsible are delegated roles with far less 'creative freedom' over an application that is used by millions of design professionals across the world on a daily basis.

The phrase 'the customer is always right' could not be more true in your position; where the people using your software are the people who lead the industry in which you cater for. If it has really gotten to the point where we have to point out every issue 1 by 1 then you should already have plenty to work with by now, but just to chime in: http://cl.ly/02152d3C0p3j - How is making the layer selected state a greyed out tone (previously used for Quick Mask) an enhancement to usability? It's things like this that really make me wonder what is going on.

I would honestly love to help out and compose a list of all these kinds of flaws but it would genuinely take up too much time, if that doesn't say something then I don't know what will. Revert and try again.

Ok. 1) it's got weird round rect open/new/save buttons that don't match the Windows or Mac standards. 2) it has non-standard edit-text fields and drop down menus that just look like static noneditable text. 3) the gray on similar shade of gray is very difficult to see.

On a positive note, I like the ability to scroll past the edge of the document edges. That's a welcome change.

The more specific issues you can identify with the new UI, the better.

I rolled back to the previous version. My main complaint remains the gray text on gray background mess. Hardly any contrast at all. Adobe should to make it -more- integrated with host OS, not less.

Hello Carola, welcome to the club. As I see it, this thread regroups (pro) users that mostly cannot stand the new UI. I know that several Adobe employees are watching this thread very closely. The way I see it, it's up to us to prove our point, by arguments, by numbers, by rolling back to a previous version, whatever.

What is confusing is the fact that obviously the Photoshop team did this to create a better product. Unfortunately they got in the eyes of many the worst of all results.

How come? I'fe been thinking about this for a week now and have several ideas, some new angles at least, that I will write here tonight.

Obviously Adobe and us do not see eye to eye on this. It must be as difficult for them to understand our point of view as it is for us to understand how they came up with this Ui. Not easy for us, but certainly not easy for them either, obviously.

The main thought that goes through my mind right now is: "Wat a mess. Now, how do we fix that?" Or, how do they fix that, hopefully with our help?

I updated today and its not just ugly, its a pain in the a** to work with PS now.
WHY CHANGE A WINNER???
I hope its possible to change the interface back.

It is. And still no label in this thread, like "in progress".

I had to contact Adobe customer support to downgrade, the actual UI is unusable, plain as that. Everything is a gray blurry mass where I can't find the actual buttons or options quickly as before.

All the panels look inactive!

It is a disaster!!

Rob, I for one never said it was an abomination, though I can understand the exasperation, which comes mainly from the feeling that this thing is s-l-o-w moving.

I have been very vocal in saying I would never accept this UI. Politely. And with examples (others are coming later today. And the truth is that I cannot understand how this UI came to be "inflicted on us without any warning" if this is polite enough. And the best answer I got, which was much better than nothing at all, was "We are listening".

That is, I mean, before you. What you just wrote is one gem of info and is says quite a lot. It is polite but very,m very direct. It is, plain and simple, the equivalent of "Guys, what have you done!".

Remember Windows 8.0? Remember the clamour? Microsoft understood the message pretty fast. I hope that the same will happen here.

Because, you know, this UI cannot be easy for a guy like me.

Not at my age.