Apples decision to completely rewrite Final Cut Pro has been met with a lot of mixed opinions. John Gruber has a summary of the backlash here -http://daringfireball.net/2011/06/final_cut_pro_x_backlash

It seems clear to me that it was done in order to ultimately progress the app, extend it’s future and no doubt update what was a legacy code base. It will have been this update in legacy code that will have meant some features have been lost (for now). It’s a bit like those uncluttering techniques where you chuck everything out and then slowly reintroduce things as it becomes obvious that you need them. A risky approach perhaps but the long term benefits should out way the short term niggles.

Adobes Photoshop feels and performs like an app that needs this kind of attention and approach, you just need to look at apps like Pixelmator & Acorn to see what could be achieved starting from scratch and utilising the OS it’s made for.

Photoshop feels like a Frankenstein app, lots of different parts cobbled and stitched together to make a lumbering and stumbling collection ofiInconsistent dialogs and behaviours. I wonder if the developers have ever played Buckaroo