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Thinking About Tools
A quick Twitter search for “GuideGuide” generally shows two types of feedback: “Holy crap, this is great,” and “I can’t believe this isn’t part of Photoshop already.” A lot of people like to hate on Adobe for being slow to add print/UI design tools to Photoshop, but I feel like this attitude wrongfully places the blame. Photoshop’s true purpose is in it’s name. It is photo manipulation software. It was never intended to be good with type styles, pixel perfect vector manipulation, or grid systems. When people complain about Photoshop not being a robust tool for design, they’re essentially saying “I’m very frustrated that this tool I’m using beyond it’s scope doesn’t live up to my manufactured expectation.” You wouldn’t use a screwdriver as a hammer and complain that it doesn’t do a good job of hammering nails. So why do it with software? Rather than complain about our applications …
