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Wed, Apr 20, 2011 7:26 PM
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Why aren't document windows floating in Photoshop Elements 9.0.3?
After updating Photoshop Elements to 9.0.3, why do my document windows open as tabbed instead of floating?
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janet_jarzembinski
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9 years ago
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patrick_houlihan
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9 years ago
Chris, with all due respect, the official response in this thread claimed Adobe wanted to know our preferences. That response was posted five months ago.
Adobe's online product page for PSE 9 uses the words "easily," "quickly," and "convenience." Yesterday I used PSE while working on images for web banners. I opened new documents at least twenty times. Each time, I had to reselect "Float all in windows" and rearrange the files. I could have done the work more quickly and more conveniently in a previous version or in a competing, less-expensive application.
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elisabeth_le_clainche
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9 years ago
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patrick_houlihan
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9 years ago
I've used PSE at home since it was called Photoshop LE. I've purchased Photoshop for my daughter. But I will not continue paying for such arrogance toward good customers.
PSE 10 Announcement
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lorena_saxe
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150 Points
9 years ago
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Photoshop Elements: Tabbed Window needs to play hard to get, not be default.
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john_sankey
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172 Points
9 years ago
John Sankey
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
float in all windows disabled in 9.0.3 Elements.
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genevieve_crabe
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110 Points
9 years ago
If so, is the floating windows problem fixed?
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james_chaffin_2775698
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180 Points
9 years ago
First, I sincerely appreciate that someone actually replies to our questions/complains/etc.
Second, I really think that the problem is semantic. The problem with tabbed versus floating multiple images is simply not what the preference is addressing. The text for the preference says, "Allow floating Documents in Full Edit Mode" (emphasis added). The way I interpret that and, apparently the way many others do, is that opening multiple documents will result in multiple document windows (tiled, cascading, floating, etc.) when they are opened in PSE.
However, it seems to me that what the developers assumed that this preference would simply ENABLE multiple document windows and even then Only after the user then uses the Windows menu to specify which way; tiled or cascading.
In other words, the preference doesn't actually change anything about the way documents are displayed when first opened. The Default action is to open documents in tabs, even though the preference is set to "Allow floating Documents..." The "Allow" function only "allows" the user to take another action to get them to actually float.
Does anyone at Adobe understand what I am saying?
Do any other users understand what I am saying?
I don't want to have any tabs showing anywhere when I have told the app to "allow" floating documents. Period. What part of that concept is everyone at Adobe having a problem understanding?
Am I totally "off-the-wall?"
Of course, now that version 10 is out, I suppose there will non longer be any work done on 9... And I will absolutely not be buying any version until Adobe can figure out how to get the program to understand English, even Her Majesties English!!!
At the extreme risk of sounding racist, I notice that the vast majority of the list of name on the opening flash screen are, shall we say, other than Anglo-Saxon. Is there a language barrier involved in the preferences text and the implementation?
Thank you for your attention.
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wendy_williams_2885735
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250 Points
9 years ago
With PSE10 floating windows operates just as it used to in PSE9 before the Wacom patch screwed things up :)
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_ke_holm_n
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120 Points
9 years ago
Boblige
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wendy_williams_2885735
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9 years ago
James ... I'm not at all sure what you mean by "verified, source-mentioned confirmation of this requested/expected/normal behavior".
All I can say is that I am currently using PSE10 and Float all in Windows works as it used to prior to the "fix that unfixed it" in PSE9 :)
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james_chaffin_2775698
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9 years ago
Plus, I think your experiences would be a great benefit to everyone at this site! Nothing like first-hand, user comments to help us 'less-than-bleeding-edge' users make the leap.
Thanks, again!
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janet_jarzembinski
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9 years ago
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patrick_houlihan
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164 Points
9 years ago
This, however, is outrageous. There's a comment from an Adobe employee above that states, "We are not above reverting to the original behavior. Let us know your preferences on the subject."
That response was made SIX months ago.
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james_chaffin_2775698
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9 years ago
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