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Adobe sets us straight: GoLive and Freehand are not going anywhere (yet)
Remember that post we had yesterday (ok, fine: I wrote it) that Adobe was giving pink slips to GoLive and Freehand? As it turns out, that might not exactly have been true. Macworld reported last night that a true-blue Adobe rep laid it out on the table: “Adobe plans to continue to support GoLive and Freehand and develop these products based on our customer’s needs.”
However, another quote doesn’t cast any good vibes on the future of these products in the long run: “Clearly Dreamweaver and Illustrator are market leading when it comes to web design/development and vector graphics/illustration… Customers should expect Adobe to concentrate our development efforts around these two products with regards to future innovation and Creative Suite integration“.
Take from that what you wish, but it sounds like the GoLive-haters from my previous post and the Freehand-lovers will still have some hatin’ and lovin’ to do, at least for a little while longer.
I’ve been wondering at the status of some of these duplicate programs. And I’m glad to hear that Dreamweaver beat out GoLive… Integrated in the Adobe Suite like GoLive was… it’ll rock. As for Freehand… I could care less. I understand it worked differently, but perhaps some of the natural drawing process can be added in as an option and “get the best of both worlds.”
Tags: Adobe, Illustrator, Interesting, Programs
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