A humorous(?) example of a marketing faux pas for photo software?

[falcon7]

<p>I wonder if anyone has ever read (in a book or elsewhere) a suggestion regarding any aspect of photography that was clearly a marketing ploy. Here is what I noticed yesterday while browsing through a couple of photoshop elements books (written by the same author). In the PS Elements 7 version of a particular guide, the author mentions that PSE 7 doesn't have a true layer mask but there's an <em>easy</em> work-around to compensate for it. Browsing through the PSE 9 version of the same book (same author), the author states that one of the best new features of PSE 9 is a true layer mask, thus allowing the user to avoid the <em>cumbersome</em> work-around required in previous PSE versions. Enough said on that. Has anyone every found similar oddities? A contribution might help us save some time, effort, and money besides being humorous.</p>

[Matt Laur]

<p>The past version's work-around was easier (for some) than buying the pro version of PS. By comparison to the new version of PSE, the old work-around is cumbersome. Things change, and the standards by which we evaluate "ease" changes. I dare say that a 75-year-old clothes washing machine (a huge labor saving rig at the time) would seem impossibly cumbersome by comparison, now.</p>

[john_h.1]

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<p>Has anyone every found similar oddities?</p>

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<p>These are not oddities. It happens with software all the time. A past technique that was relatively efficient and effective at the time may become a mere click of a button in future versions. The past easy method becomes cumbersome in comparison when improvement exists in a future version. Its not like your author contradicted themselves concerning the identical software package. Rather they accurately describe the situation.</p>

[jim_momary]

<p>My first PC at work had a 10MB harddrive and that seemed cavernous.<br>

My NAS backup drive today is 2 TB and I've got it 27% filled in a month.<br>

Does Weight Watchers do bloatware reduction?<br>

Sic transit, gloria mundi.</p>

<p>Jim</p>

 

[falcon7]

<p>Jim,</p>

<p>Sic transit, gloria mundi: A universal point well taken -- OMNIA VANITAS</p>

[steve m smith]

<p>A bit like the ever improving washing powder formulations where the 'new' version washes even whiter than the one before it.</p>