P: Introducing scale the UI 200% for high-density displays for Windows

The original size of the text interface is way too small for me to read easily.  I appreciate the 200% size, but that makes things just a little too large and the interface seems a little blurry and clumsy.  I agree that 150% would very likely be a perfect size.  But better yet, why not make it scalable.  If that's not an option, at least offer a few sizes between 100% and 200%, such as 125%, 150%, 175%, and 200%, to give people with varying visual acuity the opportunity to optimize the interface for them individually. 

I find it astonishing that the last time this topic was raised under any relative circumstance, was a year, or more, ago...

I thought the UI was nearly illegible when I started using monitors with a resolution of 2560 x 1600; which, was when I upgraded to Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium Suite.

There was no "fix" available at the time even though the monitor resolutions and the version of CS (Which I had upgraded regularly since version 2.0) were both available standards. 

I refused to upgrade to CS 6.0 as I felt that going from 5.0 to 5.5 didn't really justify the expense. Now that everything Adobe is CC, or if you don't have access to the Internet you are pretty much out of luck since you never really purchase a program, but rather pay "rent" for using one. Even Light Room is now unusable unless you are logged on to Adobe Cloud. 

My point, or my question, is how can it be that after spending thousands of dollars over the years in Adobe software, because I find that CS 5.5 meets my needs, I cannot use a 4K monitor as it runs at a resolution of 3840 x 2160 and if I thought 2560 x 1600 was small on a 30" screen, try a 4K panel.

Why is it that Adobe CS5.5 (Except for Acrobat) does not provide for something as basic as the scaling of the UI? I am using Windows 10 Pro, Creator's Edition, and every other program either scales based on the Window's setting or has the ability to allow the user to define what size or percentage best meets their needs.

Am I the only individual that is still using Adobe CS 5.5? Or, for that matter CS6.0 since it does scale but only 200% which, from what I have read, is way too big. Has everyone who ever purchased Adobe CS5.5 or earlier versions, tossed their software in the garbage or maybe only use 24" monitors with 1080 resolutions and nothing else?

I have spent hours going through questions and answers from both Adobe and other users, and unless I am missing something in the maelstrom of inquiries on this subject, if I want to stay with CS 5.5 and want to use a 4K monitor, I am simply out of luck?

Adobe is supposed to be the “standard” for graphic software solution and yet, a program like CS5.5 is only adequate up to HD TV resolutions (1080)?

I had hoped for a long time (Since I was told I was out of luck when I purchased CS5.5 and a 30” monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1600) that someone at Adobe would come up with a patch to address this issue; but maybe Adobe prefers to hold their customers hostage.

If I missed something, I would be grateful for some assistance; I would love to use CS5.5 on my new 4K monitor.  

I find it astonishing that the last time this topic was raised under any relative circumstance, was a year, or more, ago...

I thought the UI was nearly illegible when I started using monitors with a resolution of 2560 x 1600; which, was when I upgraded to Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium Suite.

There was no "fix" available at the time even though the monitor resolutions and the version of CS (Which I had upgraded regularly since version 2.0) were both available standards. 

I refused to upgrade to CS 6.0 as I felt that going from 5.0 to 5.5 didn't really justify the expense. Now that everything Adobe is CC, or if you don't have access to the Internet you are pretty much out of luck since you never really purchase a program, but rather pay "rent" for using one. Even Light Room is now unusable unless you are logged on to Adobe Cloud. 

My point, or my question, is how can it be that after spending thousands of dollars over the years in Adobe software, because I find that CS 5.5 meets my needs, I cannot use a 4K monitor as it runs at a resolution of 3840 x 2160 and if I thought 2560 x 1600 was small on a 30" screen, try a 4K panel.

Why is it that Adobe CS5.5 (Except for Acrobat) does not provide for something as basic as the scaling of the UI? I am using Windows 10 Pro, Creator's Edition, and every other program either scales based on the Window's setting or has the ability to allow the user to define what size or percentage best meets their needs.

Am I the only individual that is still using Adobe CS 5.5? Or, for that matter CS6.0 since it does scale but only 200% which, from what I have read, is way too big. Has everyone who ever purchased Adobe CS5.5 or earlier versions, tossed their software in the garbage or maybe only use 24" monitors with 1080 resolutions and nothing else?

I have spent hours going through questions and answers from both Adobe and other users, and unless I am missing something in the maelstrom of inquiries on this subject, if I want to stay with CS 5.5 and want to use a 4K monitor, I am simply out of luck?

Adobe is supposed to be the “standard” for graphic software solution and yet, a program like CS5.5 is only adequate up to HD TV resolutions (1080)?

I had hoped for a long time (Since I was told I was out of luck when I purchased CS5.5 and a 30” monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1600) that someone at Adobe would come up with a patch to address this issue; but maybe Adobe prefers to hold their customers hostage.

If I missed something, I would be grateful for some assistance; I would love to use CS5.5 on my new 4K monitor.  

Update: As of 10/25/17, we are closing this program to new applicants. We have a large number of participants already. Thank you to everyone who registered!

The Photoshop team has been listening to your many requests for better scaling options on Windows, and we’re happy to announce that we are ready for beta testing on this feature. Because of the large scale changes involved in this feature, we want to make sure people have the opportunity to test it out before it’s released.
 
All Windows customers are welcome to join and test, but please note that you will need to have Windows 10 Creators Edition installed in order to use the new continuously scalable user interface and per-monitor scaling. Windows 7, 8 and prior versions of Windows 10 will only support 100% and 200% - as the continuously scalable user interface requires APIs only available in Creators Edition.

Fixing an OS bug is a new feature? CS 5.5 is obsolete?

Taking the approach that this is Microsoft's problem isn't the right public relations choice. Microsoft has addressed almost all scaling issues in Windows 10 (Redstone). InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, and Google Chrome are basically perfect now. It sounds to me like Adobe developers need to start openly and realistically discussing Photoshop's technical debt (Bridge & Acrobat as well). 

Per monitor scaling is in the works.

There are different scaling settings for my two different screens, but Adobe seems to use the same for both my screens. On one it's fine, on the other menus are huge. Works perfectly fine in other apps I have.

I am NOT a fan of this new feature. It needs adjustment. Here's the problem (which I confirmed is not fixable last night via Adobe's remote agent):

- 200% scaling cuts off the Tools on either/both my 13" laptop screen and my 20" extended display, and makes it necessary to click a down arrow from any top menus to reach items near the bottom (File, Edit, etc.). Two-finger scrolling won't work here.
- 100% scaling makes it so the Tools fit, but the text for menu headings is nearly illegibly small (20/20 vision reporting). To make things worse, the items in each menu's drop down remain at 200% size no matter what the overall interface scaling is set to, so even at 100% a user must arrow down to reach the bottom of longer menus such as "Edit." Plus, the huge menu items underneath such tiny headings look and feel absurd.

All in all, it's not THAT bad, but it hurts more than it helps. Sure, I could suck it up and go with a two-column set of Tools (and grumble), but if 100% scale reduces the size of the interface overall, it should also reduce the size of the items that drop down from menus. If the "auto" scaling option could resize the interface when dragged over to a larger screen, that would be nice, too.

For those of us using a 27" 4K display 200% scaling isn't especially useful, as it's way too big, and 100% is way too small. It's normal when using a 27" 4K panel to set windows to 150% scaling.

Some applications respect the windows scaling value and resize accordingly. I hope Photoshop will be able to do the same soon.