Masks with text don't work anymore...

This is getting very tiring. In every release adobe will take out a perfectly working feature, cripple it and then re introduce it in the next version...
This time it has to do with text.
The effect I'm trying to achieve is to have a shape with the text hollowed in the shape. In the previous 2 or even more version I could do that with the pathfinder and also have perfectly editable text. Now I have to convert the text to outlines and then use the appropriate pathfinder command.
Why did adobe think that this was the right way to go???
Is there another way to keep the text editable?

Dimitris is correct, as is Scott.
Here's the deal in a jiffy (I'm in a rush, but this topic warrants a blog post)...
Since Illustrator 10 came out, the Pathfinder commands created live Compound Shapes. This was extremely beneficial in many cases (allowed you to combine live text, symbols, etc.), but apparently many designers complained that they didn't like this behavior at all -- they wanted the "old" pathfinder Unite function.
Adobe added a keyboard modifier (Option on Mac), so that you could choose Add while holding the option key yo get the old Unite effect. Still, few were aware of this, and still designers complained of this behavior.
So in listening to all of these complaints from users, Adobe changed the default behavior in CS4. Now, the default Pathfinder function is now Unite, which creates an expanded shape. This older unite function doesn't work on live text or symbols. To apply an ADD command to create a live compound shape, you can hold the Option key while applying the Unite pathfinder (in essence, the exact reverse of behavior that has been in AI since version 10).
So Dimitris, you can still do what you want in CS4 -- just press the Option key while applying the Unite Pathfinder.
On the one hand, it's really nice to see Adobe listening to their customers in making this change. On the other hand, it's a step backwards in functionality.
:) Mordy

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