Photoshop CS5

[Hinfrance]

So essentially this tool can only be applied to a copy of an original file as it is completely destructive. Idiotic.

...I've worked in dev teams and there's no way a single "moron" would be allowed to take a decision like that.

Me too, and the number of times things that are really stupid are left in because some product manager likes his/her way of doing things (or it's too late to change) even in the teeth of opposition from developers and testers are legion. Well dozens, anyway.

I'm in the middle of a closed beta test at the moment, and I can guarantee that lots of issues will be signed off as 'by design'. Most won't matter much, but there will be a few humdingers left in the final product.

I stand by the charge that a filter that works only on a background layer is just plain against nature.

I'm not going to get too excited about it - I've only got 29 days left with it for company anyway

[anglefire]

I wasn't aware that a dialogue box came up when you pressed DEL on a background layer - till I read this!

However, another work around is to go to Edit and select Fill = or press Shift F5.

[Jonathan]

I wasn't aware that a dialogue box came up when you pressed DEL on a background layer - till I read this!

However, another work around is to go to Edit and select Fill = or press Shift F5.

Oh, cool!  Still can't think of a great reason for using it on a layer but when I do this would be good.

I suppose the delete key is trying to guess what you want to do.  On a layer you are deleting.  On b/g it makes no sense to delete - you have to fill with something.

[Hinfrance]

Useful bit of info Mark, ta.

So yet another UI inconsistency. You guys must spend years getting to grips with this stuff - to me it's like trying to learn a foreign language that has no syntax or regular verbs. There is clearly a different and unique meaning of the word 'logical' in San José. 

[Hinfrance]

Just come across another UI inconsistency. I have set preferences/units to cms, so guess what units the crop presets are in? Yep, that's right inches.

And people pay good money for this stuff, you know.