Background music is Copyright © 1996, 1997 by Michael D. Walthius. All Rights Reserved. he latest iteration of Photoshop 5 has generated quite a few protests about some of its new features. These protests have been expressed in the comp.graphics.apps.photoshop newsgroup. The newsgroup is monitored by Adobe employees and they have been helpful to several people. However, it is my perception that one or two Adobe employees have been a little defensive and occasionally down right nasty with some of the more aggressive and persistent complainers. This is just my perception. In any event I decided to investigate for myself a few of these issues. None of them affect me personally since I am not a professional who earns a living with Photoshop. However I do enjoy evaluating software so I decided to take a look at a few of the issues. Text issues Gradient issues Indexed color issues Leading/return key issues Minimizing/maximizing issues   All pages copyright© Roger A. Moncrief, Indepth Reviews, 1996, 1997, 1998 Thanks to Judy Gefter, !LuM! and Charles Blaquiere for their advice and counsel, some I heeded and some I didn't.