I'm going to have to try this next time. I'm just surprised that I never heard about something like this till today

Let me delete this one. Thanks for pointing that out.

As you suggested, I think this is a great way to expose your data to apps that may be built on top of you.

Also, a stalker would love this :P

This looks awesome. I'm going to start using it from tomorrow. I'd love to see more intervals like 10 min, 15 min, 20 min.

We are living in tomorrow. Do it now.

The point that is being made is to make sure that the name of the class makes its responsibilities clear. The problem with the term "manager" or "handler" is that it leaves things ambiguous.

In today's day and age I think its reasonable. Even when I bought it, I knew I could download it online and use the same license key. That was an option until Adobe released the new CS6. Further, this download is still available to you if you bought the digital download. What I couldn't understand is why they would not provide the same service to a customer who buys via DVD.

They don't have the trial version of CS 5 on the website. Only CS 6.

Because I don't see the need to use one, except in the extreme rare case like this one. I find it annoying that they expect me to buy one.

Visit friend who has DVD drive

Supply friend with favorite beverage or meal

Connect shiny new Mac book pro to friend's computer

Install over network connection

Or do it at work. Or have someone rip the ISO and transfer it through the cloud. Or any number of other methods. Was the economic value of the time you spent arguing with Adobe staffers less than the cost of a workaround like this?

I don't get how people are missing the point of the article. Its about how untrained their chat support is, not about buying an external DVD drive vs not buying one.

On the other hand, it's entirely likely that the next company will have untrained phone support and better trained chat support.

Or that the same chat support might have solved his problem right away, had he spoken to a different rep.

Support is always a huge crap shot.

There 30$ and if you don't have one you can use a friends as they don't exactly break on use.

You should call their customer service. It's just their live chat you should avoid.

If you can afford it, then I would recommend spending more on a designer as well. My circumstance puts in me a position in which I can't afford to spend more than $20-$25. I assume that there are more people in such a circumstance. These are tips and tricks where you are trading your time to lower your expense on graphics.

However, I do believe that there are enough people around the world who can communicate easily and can understand what you are trying to do. I have worked with people all over the world and have been very happy with the outcomes.