Dude just had a Photoshop crash…
The document that he spent half a day on appeared to be corrupted, but on a whim I copied it to my system. It opened successfully; I saved (with “maximize compatibility” turned off), sent it back, and we seem to be okay again.
So, weird.
I can’t think of many programs with the scope and longevity of the various Adobe CS applications. Most smaller applications have minimized themselves to “apps” or are transitioning to web services. That leaves Word and Excel, AutoCAD, a few miscellaneous things. And a couple significant megaliths: Windows and OS X in their entirety.
OS X and Windows have gotten more stable with each release this decade. Even Vista (granted, I only used it for IE testing). Wouldn’t it be nice if Adobe started treating their applications more like the operating systems that they’re beginning to resemble?
