3 Replies Latest reply: Nov 27, 2013 7:32 AM by Peter Villevoye RSS

    Irritating and disturbing technical actions

    Peter Villevoye CommunityMVP
    Peter Villevoye Nov 19, 2013 9:57 AM

      Today, I was prompted to update Flash, AIR, some DPS AIR apps, log into CC three times, and agree with several EULA's of Adobe applications. And this is just a regular day, I didn't live under a rock for weeks or months, and I address all daily chores of keeping my software up to date. So let's face it: these disturbances get quite irritating. Especially since most of these actions disrupt your workflow of opening a certain file or trying to get something done, quickly. After the action, the application is often returned in a clueless startup state, leaving me to whip up that to be opened file again.

       

      I bet there are very obvious legal and technical reasons why Adobe needs to let us take these actions But hey, could you please turn it down just a little ? I'm trying to work here ! And while you're on it: why ask me to "Update AIR" (or an AIR app) with a dialogue that prompts: "Now" or "Later", with the "Now" option grayed out ? It might as well just stay away, don't you think ? Silly question...

        • 1. Re: Irritating and disturbing technical actions
          Peter Villevoye CommunityMVP
          Peter Villevoye Nov 24, 2013 2:41 AM (in response to Peter Villevoye)

          Well, I guess I'm the only one here, having these nuisances.

          Shall I toss in another small one in this same league ?

           

          I hate it when the CC Desktop icon up in the menu bar shows a red warning, and when take a peek, there's nothing wrong, no trace of what the warning was for, and the icon turns normal again. It not only disturbs me, but it also gives me the idea that some developers at Adobe are not doing their job right, on a very crucial level. It might seem trivial, such a warning in an icon, but to me it's another irritating waste of 20 seconds, spoiling my overall experience with CC.

          • 2. Re: Irritating and disturbing technical actions
            Dave Merchant CommunityMVP
            Dave Merchant Nov 25, 2013 8:09 AM (in response to Peter Villevoye)

            The 1mm-high red warning triangle on the CC desktop app's tab bar usually means that file or font sync failed because it didn't get a server response. By the time you've logged in and switched to the tab in question the response has often turned up, so the icon vanishes before you've seen the main error message in the tab area itself.

            • 3. Re: Irritating and disturbing technical actions
              Peter Villevoye CommunityMVP
              Peter Villevoye Nov 27, 2013 7:32 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)

              I'm always expecting a slew of new brilliant feature updates for all my beloved applications, when I see that warning. But it's just me, being too eager and quick to click it...