Adobe Asks “No Duh” Question: Do You Want Native PSD Support on iPad?

This seems like an absolute no-brainer to me, but over on their official blog, Adobe is asking whether iPad owners want the company to make it possible to view native PhotoShop PSD files on their tablets.

Muses former Photoshop Product Manager, John Nack:

I periodically hear requests for the ability to view Photoshop PSD files on devices like the iPad (for example, browsing files that one has synced via Dropbox).

This is obviously a capability that Adobe could build. The question of course is whether we should build it (as opposed, say, to building something else).

I’m not sure if Adobe’s really this obtuse or what, but of course the iPad is the perfect device for an artist or graphic designer to use to show prospective clients his portfolio at a meeting, peeling back layers and perhaps making light modifications on the go. Heck, I’m not either an artist or a graphic designer, and I want that functionality.

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That Adobe’s twiddling its thumbs, asking people a question best answered with an emphatically phonemetic “Duh” instead of already working on it is symptomatic of their business methodology, which sees opportunity after opportunity slide between their fingers.

Anyway, since they seem to need encouraging, you might want to go over to the official blog and tell them the obvious: yes, that would be awesome, release it last month already. And while you’re at it, Nack would like to know how you’d use such functionality, and how much money you want to give Adobe for it, thank you very much.

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