P: No image preview on Open dialog box on Windows

I recall several versions back that you guys had a checkbox in the open dialog box that allowed you to either use the OS dialog box or the Adobe dialog box. Can you not bring back an option like that? Or at the very least, in the File menu, there needs to be the standard OS dialog box "Open" selection, and then an "Open with Adobe" selection (or you could call it "Quick find" or something like that). Since the Adobe Open selection wouldn't be an OS dialog box, then you wouldn't be restricted to the OS limitations. Then again, mini-Bridge could very well function like what I'm talking about, but we would need the following to make that efficient:
1) Under the options for Bridge (or the "View" dropdown selection box), provide a way to change it to list view.
2) Also have an option under Bridge (preferably a check box on the Bridge toolbar so you can quickly check and uncheck it) to disable thumbnails and show program icons instead. It's not that I don't like thumbnails for certain things, but they can really slow down the load times.
3) Add an image preview option for when you're in list view. I provided a way to do this in an earlier post that walked you through an easy way to set that up.
4) Speed up Bridge. Even if you did the three things above, Bridge would still need to function a little closer to the speed of the standard Open dialog box, which currently takes like half a second to open....versus Bridge, which can take 5-10 seconds to open. Not to mention, it would suck not having access to the Windows Favorites panel on the standard dialog box. Oh...but then again, the standalone version of Bridge has the option to add in your own favorite folders, so maybe that could be implemented in to Mini-Bridge as well. It just needs to function a bit closer to the Open dialog box. Bridge is not a dead product, it just needs a lot of work.

The main thing is Chris, let's FIND a way to make this happen. Cause all I've heard is a defeatist attitude coming from Adobe (you) that it just flat out isn't possible to have an efficient list view anymore. I'm trying to offer alternatives and ways to get around it that are BY FAR possible for Adobe to implement.

It is possible in Photoshop - in the minibridge panel.
But we are limited in what we can do in the OS provided open and save dialogs.

Bridge doesn't use the OS open or save dialog for previewing documents.

Chris, I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but the question suddenly popped in to my head.

I understand that Adobe advocates the use of Bridge (or mini-Bridge) in managing assets. But, since these programs can display a thumbnail of a PSD file (and many more) how is the same functionality not possible inside of Photoshop? In other words, how does the OS dictate the functionality in one Adobe application and not the other?

I'm not trying to bait you here - I just honestly don't understand.

Unfortunately, we have to play by their rules, in their sandbox.

I didn't say it would not be useful, there is a lot of things what would be useful, but that is beside the point. We are talking about a function that I and others miss, why should you need to use other programs, codecs etc for a simple function? It works just great in my personal version of PS (CS5, yeah I bought it for my self as well) but at work (in CS6) it doesn't.

Do you know how annoying it is that the version you get at work, who's supposed to better, faster, cooler, smarter etc (since its CS6 and not 5) does NOT even have the same functions that your previous version has? And when you point that out you get "Well, use another program instead, and codecs, and blablabla", "and yeah while you're at it, rename all your 7239 files since we removed this awesome feature and yes, we'll just blame microsoft for it!"

Serious, what crap is that?

Its like:
Yeah we have a car here, and if you buy the delux 2012 version (which is never than your 2011 version) that versions windshield wiper are removed since you can clean your windshield at the gas station instead and, yeah we have to do it that way because the tire company has decided that they won't supply any tires if we supply the car with wipers.

YEAH, I TOTALLY BUY THAT! SUUUURE! AND YEAH NICE "WORK AROUND" THERE.

That is just plain BS, maybe PS can't use the build in none working file preview but common, this is freaking ADOBE its not like they don't know how to build the most awesome programs. I'd bet they even invented the preview in the first place!

Total BS and disrespect to their customers

What works fine for your 500 images folder might become difficult with a couple thousand images, so metadata and naming conventions might prove useful yet.

»also Scrappa-68 were arguing about filenames, not meta data«
I did not read back to find out what you were referring to specifically.

Anyway, why do you disregard Bridge as a viable tool for previewing etc.?

Chris Cox, did their "rules" say "Adobe can absolutely NOT make a preview in their software. Under NO circumstance must this be addressed and fixed for their customer, or we will sue their pants off!!"?
If not, then what is the problem? You _are_ losing customers, get out of the sandbox, fix the problem!

Guess you missed the whole point there.... How long does it take you to read over a thousand words and how long does it take you to look at a picture and see that it is the right or wrong one? And how long does it take you to write all those words?
Plus in a folder with 500 pictures, how long does it take you to go through all that meta data? And how long does it take you to just browse through the same pictures but with a preview?
(also Scrappa-68 were arguing about filenames, not meta data)

Do you get it now?

The Preview in PS is priceless and we want it back, it saves a heck of a lot of time. This took me 2 minutes to write and how many words are this?

Think about that for a second or two.

Or you can go back to the torrent version. :-P

Next upgrade I will start looking at GIMP. Adobe seem way to uninterested in UX and their paying customers, at least that is the feeling I get from reading about various problem and basically no reaction from Adobe...

I mean, how hard can it be? Fix these "small" problems and we will be around for yet another version of the program. Ignore and we'll look at alternatives. Simple math problem. Paying customer = 1, lost customer = 0. Which pays the most?

Have you considered using metadata to store those 1001 words instead of the filename?