We do not have enough reports to gauge Encore's bottom line. There appear to be some users for whom it works.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5950080#5950080
Photoshop -1 issue:
The workaround was not to left-click on the menu. Use right click, or other options and menu commands.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5861618#5861618
For bluray projects, a large amount of BD-ROM is shown, and may slow startup.
A workaround is to add a small amount of ROM content.