Sweet! Via Emily, on Twitter. Visit site »
Wonderfully useful feature. Want. Visit site »
Nathan Smith gets input from several buddies of mine, including Anton Peck, Jared Christensen, Patrick Haney, and Jenna Marino, on their preference for either Fireworks or Photoshop. The comments are definitely an interesting read, so I encourage you to check it out. I think it’s important to keep some perspective, though: the only people who really care whether you use Fireworks or Photoshop are other designers. Clients couldn’t care less. Debating the pros and cons can be fun for us design nerds, but ultimately it doesn’t really matter what you use — keep that in mind. Visit site »
Just how will Apple meet expectations? Using the patent application as a guide, Apple appears to be making room on the iPhone for flash memory, which means an end to Apple’s standoff with Adobe (ADBE) that’s kept iPhones from easily viewing a plethora of Internet videos. Apple has said that Adobe’s flash media player, which is on hundreds of other phones, doesn’t perform up to Apple’s standards for the iPhone.
Wow. Just, wow. Visit site »
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My buddy Jon has a great-looking article on getting started with Adobe AIR at 24ways. I haven’t fully read it yet, but I’m anxious to, as AIR is one of the thing I’ve been meaning to make some time for. Visit site »
It’s basically and aqua button with a hole in it. And a tail.
Weird. Visit site »
“Dear Adobe — Acrobat (Reader) sucks gigantic mountain-goat testicles.” Kinda hard to argue with that. Visit site »
I always enjoy Mark’s posts and I generally agree with his “Apollo and Silverlight suck because they’re proprietary” sentiments — but his statement that “Apollo is based on Adobe’s own markup language” is patently false.
There is no Apollo markup language of any kind. Apollo lets you create desktop applications using tools web developers already use — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript included. Yes, you can also use Adobe technologies like Flash and Flex, but these are not required in any way. In fact, I saw a demo at FOWD of a very nice-looking RSS reader app built entirely using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (specifically, it used YUIext). Obviously, Adobe has a vested interest in selling you Flash and Flex, but neither is required to build Apollo apps.
So while there are many reasons to be weary of Apollo, one of them is definitely not “Adobe’s own markup language.” Visit site »
Adobe now has full information about CS3 on their website. I want, I want. Visit site »
Jason calls the new icons an “utter design failure.” I don’t really agree. I think learning that Photoshop is a blue “PS” is easier than learning it’s a feather on a white box. But maybe that’s just me. Great post and great comments, anyhow. Lots to think about here. Visit site »
I kind of suspected the PS CS3 icon was temporary. Guess not. Overall, I’m not a huge fan of the new icon scheme visually, but it definitely works much better from a usability perspective. Plus, they totally ripped off Nathan. Also, here’s more on the new Adobe desktop brand identity system. Visit site »
Really nice (and totally free) video tutorials on the CS3 beta. Visit site »
In the immortal word of Hurley Reyes: “Didn’t see that one coming.” Visit site »
Andrei Herasimchuk write an open letter to Adobe’s John Warnock asking for a solution to the dismal state of typography on the web today. A large part of the problem is that we have such few quality typefaces to choose from online. Andrei asks Adobe to release a core set of fonts into the public domain. This would be a great short-term solution and I’m all for it, but I still think in the long run we’re going to need a way to embed typefaces. Adobe has already solved this problem with both PDF and Flash, so it seems like they ought to be able to figure it out for HTML and CSS, too — but do they want to? Visit site »
Clearly intended to be an Aperture competitor, the Lightroom screencast portrays it as an unfinished — and quite ugly — ripoff of Apple’s app. That having been said, it does appear to have screaming fast performance — and Aperture definitely does not. As an aside, it’s nice to see a product from Adobe that is Mac-first. Visit site »
I’m not sure I agree that Apple must buy Adobe, but they definitely must ensure Adobe keeps developing for OS X, one way or another. Interesting read. Visit site »
Clever and well-thought-out, as per Gruber’s usual. Visit site »