Adobe to buy Macromedia

[Audiotherapy]

well i hope they at least standardize keyboard shortcuts and icons for all adobe & macromedia apps...

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Drakkon
i say more power to this merger so long as they dont do away with flash or director or dreamweaver or coldfusion. Doing away with ANY of those would make this a dead deal

ColdFusion is so dead it's not even funny. The only people still using it are those who invested in its pricey server software X years ago and have no option but to save face and keep running it. It's too bad - was great technology that priced itself out of the running...

I'm not sure how dead it is...i mean a lot of universities picked it up and are running with it and thats why i thought it was a worthwhile keeper for adobe (and for myself cause supporting it makes me worth a few extra $$$ ). I heard the same thing , as well as Director being dead, but with the release of 2004 edition I'm hoping it don't go away as well Great products, just too expensive, and not enough of a market

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: werk
Maybe they can get some folks from Macromedia to fix Illustrator...what a crap program.

:Q What's wrong with Illustrator?

The short answer is too easily corrupted files:
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Do a google/newsgroup search for "illustrator corrupt." See how this problem has existed since the program's inception, across all platforms for years and years. I've never had a single client who could save illustrator files on network drives without corruption. Ridiculous.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: werk
Maybe they can get some folks from Macromedia to fix Illustrator...what a crap program.

:Q What's wrong with Illustrator?

The short answer is too easily corrupted files:
Text
Do a google/newsgroup search for "illustrator corrupt." See how this problem has existed since the program's inception, across all platforms for years and years. I've never had a single client who could save illustrator files on network drives without corruption. Ridiculous.

You know, now that you mention it, I've had a few occasions where my files DID end up getting corrupted. It was only occasional, and it did allow me to as .eps, but that makes sense . . ..

 

[UNCjigga]

So this is what I would do if I were running the new company:

- Incorporate Macromedia's MX 2004 UI/layout/interface into all products, but keep the tools/controls from Adobe's products.
- Dump Freehand in favor of Illustrator, Contribute in favor of GoLive, FireWorks in favor of PhotoShop
- Give Macromedia team control over GoLive--separate functionality from Dreamweaver (suits a different purpose.) Dreamweaver = web design & development, GoLive/Contribute = content management
- Incorporate FireWorks web-specific functionality & workflow into PhotoShop or sell it as a "web edition" (less-powerful) version of PhotoShop (ImageReady already gone?)
- Work on developing products that incorporate Flash + PDF, InDesign + Dreamweaver to make going from print to web easier.

 

[Mo0o]

Will they still keep the macromedia brand?

 

[theboywhogotlost]

I think it will be kinda cool to see what happens

 

[BillyBatson]

that SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!1 macromedia was adobes only real competition to keep prices down!!!!! and i LOVE macromedia fireworks! and dreamweaver, if they change them or integrate them with adobe products theywill become bloated and more difficult to use!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: werk
Maybe they can get some folks from Macromedia to fix Illustrator...what a crap program.

:Q What's wrong with Illustrator?

The short answer is too easily corrupted files:
Text
Do a google/newsgroup search for "illustrator corrupt." See how this problem has existed since the program's inception, across all platforms for years and years. I've never had a single client who could save illustrator files on network drives without corruption. Ridiculous.

You know, now that you mention it, I've had a few occasions where my files DID end up getting corrupted. It was only occasional, and it did allow me to as .eps, but that makes sense . . ..

I just remembered another reason it sucks...if you try to burn ai files to cd using xp's builtin burning feature, the files get stuck in the temporary directory (can't delete) and you can't burn anything else. The only way to fix is to boot into safe mode and delete them from the temp directory. Pain in the ass... :|