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Brutus_Maximus
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April 8, 2009
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Who selected the default list of product forums, and why?

  • April 8, 2009
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I am struck by the odd list of product forums listed at the entry point to the new forums (http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa). There are one-click icons that jump to the Flash Player, Acrobat, Flash, Photoshop Elements, Dreamweaver, Livecycle, Photoshop, Adobe Reader, ColdFusion, Flex, Acrobat Connect Pro, and Lightroom forums. I can understand the massively popular products like Flash, Adobe Reader, and Photoshop, but Livecycle, ColdFusion, and Acrobat Connect Pro? Why are those niche products elevated to such prominence, while flagship Adobe products like InDesign and Illustrator are buried in a drop-down menu? I wonder if these were just random selections by the web design team, or if they reflect a corporate emphasis on "new media" products over print design.

If it is just a random selection of Adobe products, is there a way I can create my own jump list, or will I always have to dig through a labyrinth to find the forums that interest me most?

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    Curt Wrigley
    Curt Wrigley
    Inspiring
    April 8, 2009

    Brutus_Maximus wrote:

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    If it is just a random selection of Adobe products, is there a way I can create my own jump list, or will I always have to dig through a labyrinth to find the forums that interest me most?

    Your guess is as good as mine.  One thing is clear; if they are only listing 10 products, a bunch of people will be upset regardless of which they choose.

    On finding forums; I suggest using bookmarks.  Drag your favs to your browsers toolbar for quick access.  Thats a lot faster than popping back to a webpage for an index.

    Or; the History menu near the top of the forum is helpful to keep track of the last 3 forums you were on.

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    Anonymous
    April 8, 2009

    I smell a pruning of the product line coming on...

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    Brutus_MaximusAuthor
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    April 8, 2009

    Maybe it was just a matter of the people putting the system online didn't have the time or talent to create a Favicon for each of the products which would have been a thousand times better.


    >>Maybe it was just a matter of the people putting the system online didn't have the time or talent to create a Favicon for each of the products which would have been a thousand times better.

    Perhaps. Although it appears that most of the quick links use Adobe's standard two-letter product identification icons, so there really wouldn't be anything new to design. Perhaps the web team could make an array of all the product icons, distributed into a grid. Remember that "periodic table" product grid Adobe promoted when they released CS3? That could be used as an interactive portal into the forums, so no products receive "top billing" at the expense of others.

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