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Adobe buys MacroMedia

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I really hope, that they don't do to MacroMedia what they have done to Adobe Acrobat reader and make it super slow to load. It does put Adobe in an interesting position, those two apps are probably installed on more desktops than Microsoft Office. Also people are starting to build plugins for adobe acrobat similar to the way plugins for eclipse, it's going to be interesting to see what happens.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 04/19/2005 | | del.icio.us  Technorati  Digg This 

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Gravatar Image1 - An old Chinese curse says "May you live in interesting times". There was an article in Economist about the boss of MacroDobe (then Adobe) and what's in store. The next thing we'll see is a reader that takes filled in data and transforms it into Barcode at the bottom of the form. So when you print it, sign and mail it... on the other end data can be entered lossless by scanning in. Cool move.
stw

Posted by Stephan H. Wissel At 09:57:24 PM On 04/19/2005 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - I am curious about this from both a technical and cost perspective. Technically, will they merge the best of Fireworks with the best of Photoshop (like getting rid of full layers in Photoshop and replacing them with sprites)? Keep in mind that I am a version or two behind with Photoshop, so I do not know how far they have come with this.

Cost wise, will Macromedia products go from reasonably priced to overpriced like many Adobe products seem to be?

Only time will tell I guess.

Posted by Christopher Byrne At 10:36:12 AM On 04/20/2005 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image3 - The new Adobe Reader 7 is fast again, it doesn't load all the plugin junk as the version 6 did. Try it out.

Posted by Thomas Gumz At 03:29:15 PM On 04/20/2005 | - Website - |


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