Turns out not to be. JSP support fails. ASP - almost gone. Dreamweaver becomes the anti-Homesite. Somewhere in-between designers and coders. Casual web devs don't have 400 notes kicking about.
Worse still, better alternatives like Coda surfaced without the sticker shock or bloat.
So... Adobe... CS4. Yeh? What's in it for me? If the alpha/beta Adobe Labs code was anything to go by - a UI change sums it up.
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I find that with Adobe CS updates it's very easy to skip generations.
I want from CS1 to CS3 and I was perfectly happy with that. I think I'll make the jump from 3 right to 5 when it comes out in a few years.
With Final Cut and Mac OS updates, I'm first in line. But with Adobe, I find the changes to be minimal enough that I can go another 2 or 3 years without having the newest version.
Is Soundbooth really that good? From what I've read, it's a non-pro application (I've used Audition in the past, and wasn't blown away. This is apparently a babified version).
Logic Studio seems perfectly fine for me. It's one of Apple's better pro applications IMO.
So I read that Snow Leopard is forcing Adobe to go 64bit in their future versions. - Have I missed something? Are 32bit apps not supported on Snow Leopard? (Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm kind of out of the loop on SL)
it doesn't suggest Vista64 is a majority of 64bit Adobe users.
Have you got any idea how difficult it is to rewrite an entire suit of applications using a new programming language and APIs? We're talking millions of lines here. Apple is clearly trying to give Adobe (and other Carbon developers) a nudge to Cocoa by neglecting 64-bit support in Carbon, but rewriting CS4 isn't something Adobe can do overnight - it'll take time.Without 64-bit, it's not worth it.
Bad decision on Adobe's part. They knew Apple's 64-bit roadmap once Leopard was released. They knew that there'd be a far greater 64-bit user base on OSX than Windows x64.
The good knews is that they've now got the time and incentive to work on redoing Photoshop in Cocoa. CS5 should be a good one.
Hopefully Adobe will have abandoned their rip-off pricing for European customers, where some of the packages cost more in £s than they did in $, despite the tumbling dollar.
Not holding my breath though ...
Apple has been giving Adobe the "nudge" since OS X debuted. APPLE WROTE CARBON FOR ADOBE!!! (and MS and Macromedia, etc). Who's the last one to come to the party on OS X?? Adobe! I will never shed a tear for Adobe having to write code. Writing software is what Adobe does. That is their job. Carbon NEVER forced you to rewrite your entire app anyway. Only a small portion. They should have taken advantage and just done it. Adobe should have jumped on the train long ago. They decided not to and are paying the price now - uh, Mac users are paying the price now. Adobe is a dinosaur. I see most of their apps being supplanted in the next 5 years anyway whether it be by Apple or some other Mac developer.Have you got any idea how difficult it is to rewrite an entire suit of applications using a new programming language and APIs? We're talking millions of lines here. Apple is clearly trying to give Adobe (and other Carbon developers) a nudge to Cocoa by neglecting 64-bit support in Carbon, but rewriting CS4 isn't something Adobe can do overnight - it'll take time.
Apple has been giving Adobe the "nudge" since OS X debuted. APPLE WROTE CARBON FOR ADOBE!!! (and MS and Macromedia, etc). Who's the last one to come to the party on OS X?? Adobe! I will never shed a tear for Adobe having to write code. Writing software is what Adobe does. That is their job. Carbon NEVER forced you to rewrite your entire app anyway. Only a small portion. They should have taken advantage and just done it. Adobe should have jumped on the train long ago. They decided not to and are paying the price now - uh, Mac users are paying the price now.
Hell, even the secretary managed to get the company to spring for the last version of iTunes because we use it to pipe music through the place.
Well, all I can say is if Tosser thinks that Soundbooth is better than Logic Pro, then he certainly IS a tosser!
As a graphic design major I'm a little upset by this announcement. On top of many other fees and expenses I will have to upgrade yet again... Id like to see a few year break in which they look at upcoming technology and incorporate optimization and streamlining between different programs. As a person who primarily works in print based design, there's a gap in the way InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator all integrate. Thats what I want to pay for.
Wikipedia has the date as April, 2007. Looking at its history it appears Photoshop has an 18-24 month release cycle so an October release won't be out of the ordinary.jesus they just came out with CS3![]()