Thread by @rat9

1/ This is the first time where I have seen a desktop software #Adobe #Photoshop breaking down into smaller applications on Android Platform. I have seen MS Word transitioning into cloud based web application that was launched by Google Doc. Also Google launched Google Doc

2/ Android application. But that is a whole app relaunched with limited functionality on another platform. Adobe Photoshop is not a moderate Interaction Software. Not like analytics dashboard, email client, collaborative apps or a booking app. This is an application used by

3/ Trained Professional. It require high latency, complex specialised tools and design from scratches approach. The Onboarding time is high and learnability curve is steep to be an expert in Photoshop. Adobe have named 5 applications with Adobe Photoshop prefix on Android

4/ Platform. They are Adobe Photoshop Express, Adobe Photoshop Mix, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop Fix, Adobe Photoshop Sketch. Naming convention used by Adobe have also aligned the expectations of Photoshop Users with these apps. My question is, How Adobe decided

5/ the number of feature for each app? What goes around while giving the name to these 5 apps? How did they came up with 5 apps? Now that Adobe is creating clusters of app chunked from Desktop Softwares, it's even more important to distinguish between, Instrument, Apparatus,

6/ Tool, Equipment, Device and Appliance from Software, #IoT and Product Management's view point. #ProductManagement #ProjectManagement #UX #InteractionDesign #Design #Usability #Tool #Instrument #Apparatus #Equipment #Device #Appliance #DesignConference #Conference #DesignUP

7/ #DUp18