P: No image preview on Open dialog box on Windows

Chris, I'm sure you're frustrated having to field all of this, and I'm equally as sure I speak for the majority of people here that it would be helpful to tell us who at Adobe we can write to help address this, and by extension, who at Microsoft we can write.

I'm quite sure any reasonable engineers at Adobe can understand the frustration and the overall feeling of mutiny the user community feels about this issue. And if not, it would be helpful I think, for us to be able to express that.

This is equally the case for the folks at Microsoft.

Look forward to hearing from you on this.

As already discussed, several times: When Illustrator updates for new OS requirements, they will have to remove many of their dialog customizations as well. Photoshop just got a head start. We have to prepare for the new OS limitations so we can use the new OS functionality in the future.

Please read the previous discussions...

Ok, so what's going to happen to Illustrator CS6's preview when it is running on a W8 system? I'm betting absolutely nothing. Or, maybe it'll be forced to run in campatibility mode which means it would perform the same way it does now in W7/VIsta/XP. So, why couldn't CS6 run in compatibility mode in the newer OS as long as none of its functionality isn't lost? Every program that I've ever run in compatibility mode (with exception to some very old programs) has run without functionality loss. I'm not following your logic Chris. Help me out.

Thanks Chris. Why is it that Illustrator still has previews in their open dialogs? Shouldn't they have been removed in CS6 too? I'm confused.

I do not think I have more into it, you see, you consider Microsoft and Apple as your vendor.
I see Adobe as my vendor, a vendor who states "a new, improved product" . Yet you as Adobe have degraded a product, removing elements that a good deal of your base users have become accustomed/comfortable with.

I have hundreds of PSD files, and thousands of RAW files, that I can no longer preview without a 3d party codec.
How would you feel if you bought a car, the dealer tells you hey, I have a great upgrade for that car, just bring it in, I'll sell you the upgraded version, you take the deal.......the car gets great mileage, but the upgrade involved removing the radio and windshield wipers....great upgrade right!

Is this the wave of the future for Adobe, speeding the application up, by removing functionality.

I guess, I should have seen it coming when first installing CS6, with the issue some of us had with Extension Manager, that was a fiasco and should never have happened.

But in retrospect, I guess I have to blame myself, I trusted Adobe, that is why I never even tested the beta, assumed that CS6 would be great (but we all know about assumptions). NO more upgrades nor updates to what I have now, just curious as to know what you will take away next.

Yes, we have to live with the restrictions of the OS. I'm sorry you're reading more into it than that.

Since this is going to be the way Adobe feels towards it's customer base, I imagine CS6 is the last upgrade I purchase, and I no longer need to buy anymore Martin Evening or Scott Kelby, Adobe Press and a few other books, nor Windows upgrades. Gee I can afford to buy a few Canon L lenses that way.

Stick with Win7 and CS5 and relegate CS6 to a standby software.

Already sent this info to a number of photo/graphic designer groups waiting to see if they chime in.

Thank you adobe, it has been nice while it lasted, just sign me a ex-customer.
YES, I am a little more than miffed.

Yes, it is a simple problem -- the OS vendors said the preview had to go, and we removed it. This is not a bug, and is not negotiable on our side.

Those older versions of Photoshop do not use the newer APIs, will run in "compatibility mode" on newer OSes, and do not need to live by the same restrictions specified by the OS vendors for new applications.