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andrewm97591674
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July 12, 2021
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BAD IDEA: Workspaces have been relocated into a dropdown

  • July 12, 2021
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The new dropdown button, then selecting a workspace is a very poor idea.

We use this all the time to switch between layout. ie. editing, graphics, effects, user defined

Now I have to go to a button, look down a list to find it, and then click on it.

Too many button presses and too much effort to change a workspace, and sometime you click on the wrong one in the list.

Please put it back the way it was. Having each workspace at the top of the screen is clear, simple and easy to use.

The beta notes say:
"Workspaces have been relocated into a dropdown menu on the right which is a much better use of space."

It's not because there's a lot of space up there, and it's made it much more difficult to use.

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    DJP2014
    DJP2014
    Inspiring
    July 15, 2021

    I agree. I mean really!? - import/edit/export - how useful will that be to any full-time editor?

     

    It's a shame, as imho Workspaces was one of Adobe's better ideas. To me it seems these changes aren't necessarily to improve the software as such but rather an effort to unify the interface across the various CC apps.

     

     

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    andrewm97591674Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 15, 2021

    Yep, just a bad idea. I don't care about an interface across products. I user Premiere 98% of the time and After Effects the other 2%.

     

    I want usability, not a 'less cluttered, pretty' interface.

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    ViniciusA_Silva
    Participating Frequently
    July 14, 2021

    Calm down guys, we are in beta version yet. for sure there will be adjustments, I've seen in another post for example that something is in preparation related to the option to hide this part of the Export, Import menus.

    this type of organization follows a trend.
    as I'm a DaVinci user, I'm getting along very well with this separate layout.

    so let's wait. but also being closed to any kind of change, it's not possible.

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    andrewm97591674Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 14, 2021

    As an editior I am ALWAYS switching between workspaces. I make a lot of 30 second promos that workspaces for:

    Effects

    Audio

    Libraries

    Graphics

    Colour

     

    There's 5 right there, not to mention dual monitor and single monitor layouts.

     

    Try churning out 30 to 40 of these a day, multiplied by the number of times I need to change workspaces!!

     

    So, unless we get in now and say NO, Adobe will implement it.

     

    I consider this user feedback and there's hasn't been a lot of  love for the new dropdown menu....the justification of which is to "make it a better use of space".

     

    It's actually a worse use of space. The space it there, so it should be used exactly the way it is now.

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    woytekz
    Known Participant
    July 14, 2021

    A weak idea. I know you can get used to shortcut for this . But most of us use shortcuts rather for timeline operations Ale changing  regarding workspace is rather done with interface . Especially that sometimes changing workspace can take a while. depending on the speed of your computer .

    In general, the new interface bar is a strange thing ,  Why the house icon opens a floating  "Welcome to.." window ?  .    Some people also work on 2 monitors , where this solution does not help at all .

    Make it at least possible to turn off the new bar and return to the old

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    July 13, 2021

    I have around nine (9) custom workspaces ... which I guess I'll need to master the keyboard shorts for now.

     

    I do NOT like not having the option to display the workspace bar.

     

    AT. ALL.

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 13, 2021

    I think it is a bad construction. I too often switch between workspaces

    But my guess its here to stay.

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    ah.photo
    Inspiring
    July 13, 2021

    I agree. As I mentioned in the primary discussion thread for this, I get the desire to want to clean-up the interface a bit, however there should still be at least SOME single-click workspaces.

     

    A suggested compromise I had was to add 3 assignable workspace buttons to the header. This way you keep the clean look, but you ensure everyone gets access to some single-click workspaces for their most commonly used ones. Like this:

     

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      andrewm97591674Author
      Participating Frequently
      July 14, 2021
      Hi,

      Please just leave it the way it is. There's no need to make it 'look' less cluttered. It's not about looks, or limiting us to 3 workspaces, it has to be functional.

      We're used to cluttered...just checkout any timeline!

      Cheers,
      Andrew
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      JamieWoods
      Known Participant
      July 12, 2021

      I agree, it's not an advantage and it takes longer to do things. The menu bar has nothing else there, so why not use it.

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