Photoshop CS4 Extended Trial - Available yet?

[Ben...@adobeforums.com]

Hi all,
Not sure if i am behind the times? But is Photoshop CS4 Extended trial available from adobe yet? If not, do we know when it will be made available?
TIA

[John Joslin]

Did you not think to look on the product page?

Mid-November.

[Rob]

John Joslin wrote:
> Did you not think to look on the product page?
>
> Mid-November.

redirection to advise

[billhu...@adobeforums.com]

Why do people, answering what may (or may not be) to them an obvious question - I did check the CS4 product page, and the mid-November date didn't exactly jump out and slap me in the face - to insinuate what a complete moron the person asking the question is before they provide the answer?

I see this on forums all over the place and wonder why it's so hard to just be gracious and answer a simple question...

[John Joslin]

Ever use the search box? You can search for "trial".

Cool!

[Phosąfour dots]

I'll tell you EXACTLY why, billhughlett.

Because in the time it takes to type out and submit a simple question like that, post it, then wait for an answer, the questioner could easily spend 30 seconds finding it themselves. Even a poor Googler or surfer could rustle up the answer to this particular question in about 2 minutes.

It's not that many of us wouldn't deign to answer, it's just that our free, voluntary time is better spent in dialogue about issues that aren't so easily found. The esoteric, the arcane, the anomalous, the exceedingly difficult...that's kind of where this forum earns its keep.

You want nicey-nice, spoon-fed answers to "Where's the Paint Bucket?" and questions on that level? Perhaps any of the hundreds or thousand independently-run beginner Photoshop-focused sites/forums is where you wanna be. It's not that we won't answer simple questions, but I think most of us don't like to feel we're being taken advantage of.

Maybe the "attitude" is just a harsh little lesson in being a little more self-sufficient.

The mid-November date may not have slapped you in the face, but it's there, and it's relatively easy to find.

[Pix.@adobeforums.com]

Dear Mr Phosfour dots, if you think you are too smart to reply a stupid question, why don't you skip it all together huh, since your free, voluntary time is so precious.

People are so arrogant in anonymous forums, they are really becoming unbearable.

[Phosąfour dots]

Talk to me when you've been at it for 10 years or so.