Vent time: Escape Key in AI vs. PS

Ok. I know better, but in AI the "Escape" key jumps out of a current symbol or isolation mode editing session, retaining all changes. In PS "esc" CANCELS all changes in the current Filter session (Vanishing Point, for example). WHY has Adobe chosen to make the same key command do opposite functions!!?? It is annoying and a HUGE time-waster, especially when AI is your primary tool. I just threw away 20 minutes of perspective cloning, in PSCC because of this inconsistancy. BE WARE!

No, other than to say it's fixed in CS5.
-Noel

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