Editor’s note: Newspaper industry consultant Kevin Slimp this month begins writing for Newspapers & Technology, alternating with Association of Free and Community Papers Executive Director Craig McMullin.
 

Help! My desk used to be under this pile of software somewhere. I keep stacking software boxes on my desk as they arrive from vendors and I can’t put off taking a few of them for a spin any longer.

Photoshop Elements 6.0

Finally, Adobe Systems Inc. released the Mac version of Photoshop Elements 6.0 in April. It reminds me of the early PDF days when Adobe would release the Windows version of Acrobat a few months before Mac users got their hands on a new product. Was it worth the wait? Depends.