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Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

fmydog — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:13:51 EDT

I don't care what people say adobe is overpriced and they do not include any options for the in home basic user, i have cs2 and i torrented it so look out bitcommit here i come!

fmydog

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

soul_grind — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:12:34 EDT

HOw can anyone even LEARN how to use 22 software programmes simultaneously? (even if they all had common interfaces and tools).

I gotta say, i never really liked the Adobe interface. Macromedia wasn't much better, but adobe's interface always struck me as purposely obtuse and complex simply to make it a "pro" programme.

The thing i never liked about either of them was that you had o have FAR too many palettes open to get anythign done... and seemed to spend half your time rearranging, expanding or reducing palettes.
(and it always bugged me that tools with the same icon in illustrator did totally different things to the tools in photoshop.. but then i was alwys much more of a PS user.

I actually think some of the freeware alternatives have better interfaces (in places, non across the board, unfortunately). Heck.. I can't help butthink that even the new MS office has a better interface. (the properties panel in dreamweaver was always much more consistent and useful than the ones in adobe though.. as were a few of the toolbars.

soul_grind

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:13:25 EDT

OMG it's a crackwhore Pennywise

Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

J.T. — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:32:38 EDT

I hear that the full Master Suite of CS3 includes a total of 22 software programs... which makes for possibly the largest single consumer software release in the history of software releases.

The question is, what does one person do with 22 software programs? I mean, criminy!

J.T.

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

FlaminYawn — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:42:17 EDT

Of course, some nutty Italian did it first:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo

FlaminYawn

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

easy2panic — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:07:42 EDT

Pirate Bay, here I come!

easy2panic

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

vertigo — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:29:59 EDT

I guess it's that time again; shelling out about $1,500 per system for them moving some menus around and telling me I will find it more user-friendly once I actually figure out where they moved it.

vertigo

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

Dirk — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:14:56 EDT

@kodychamberlain. Looking at the Flash product page at adobe.com, it seems like they've finally ported over real drawing tools (a la Illustrator) to Flash.

Dirk

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

kodychamberlain — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:32:58 EDT

Having used Macromedia and Adobe quite heavily, I do really prefer Adobe's approach to usability. So shifting away from the Macromedia interface is fine by me. Hopefully there's going to be an Illustrator-like path system in Flash, the goofiest drawing system I've ever used.

kodychamberlain

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

soul_grind — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:42:58 EDT

the only good thing seemed to be the SPRY ajax layer in Dreamweaver (which apparently looks just like DW8 and doesn'thave the same interface as the rest of the suite), but:

"A Spry Framework, of which www.webstandards.org in May 2006 said: "Sadly, at this initial stage it seems that the goal of ease-of-use has been held higher than even the most basic principles of valid markup and accessibility best practices. Opting to make implementation as simple as possible, Spry uses custom attributes and old-school obtrusive JavaScript techniques, welding the behaviour layer firmly to the content.","

why didn't they just use prototype or mootools or one of the other layers out there?

soul_grind

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

soul_grind — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:35:22 EDT

oh, and why the heck can't they merge version cue and bridge (nd make bridge a useful hub product).

soul_grind

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

soul_grind — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:32:58 EDT

I haven't seen any sign they've fixed any of the flaws with the older versions.. just added a (remarkably small) number of new features.

I AM of the opinion that a mergerbetween the macromedia suite and the adobe one could prduce some awesome products.. but so far its been REALLY disappointing.

The interfaces for both companies had some good and bad points.. (due to stupid lawsuits between them) .. so i was hoping that we'd get a "best of both worlds" product. SO far we just seem to have a suite with FAR TOO MANY PRODUCTS, which all overlap, and which all have similar, but frustratingly different interfaces, tools and workflows.

And if there wasn't enough products ALREADY, they now go and start ading "extended" versions as well?? Sigh.

Looks like a monopoly was a bad idea after all...

soul_grind

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

RobbeR49 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:32:50 EDT

Don't you think the joker laughs at you? Ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha!

RobbeR49

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

rublind — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:16:49 EDT

But it would look so much nicer if you used CS3 to superimpose your friends heads on naked bodies.

Thank of all the filters and new tools you could use! xD

rublind

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

freshjulius — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:14:58 EDT

Agreed, Flash has been a functional but busted product from day one... hopefully they can lead it to a more intuitive workflow, esp. across different Adobe apps... of course, I've spent almost 10 years getting used to the damn thing, and I'll probably be lost when they "fix" it.

freshjulius

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

darkilliminated — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:05:24 EDT

So, whos gonna seed it on the piratebay?

darkilliminated

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

TheBugMan — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:00:52 EDT

I'm looking forward to trying this new version of the greatest software tool ever (my piss ant opinion), if it sux I'll just cry and continue putting my friends heads on naked bodies with CS2.

TheBugMan

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

BlindsidesDork — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:54:59 EDT

Still Have no clue if I need this...although faster filter stuff would be nice...

BlindsidesDork

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

StackyBotrus — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:47:48 EDT

Personally, I like the Ms Paint version of this.

(AhAHAHAHAHahahHahAhhahaha) George Takei Laugh)

StackyBotrus

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

evilkingteapot — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:47:29 EDT

Their mascot makes me want to double down.

evilkingteapot

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

jonyah — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:32:11 EDT

flash has always been screwed up. Sounds like adobe has been working on unscrewing it up.

jonyah

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

pmx — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:26:14 EDT

The original titles for the new editions were better:
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/942.html<...

pmx

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

Spare_Change — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:09:17 EDT

Abandon all hope ye who use bloatware!

I've been reading some preliminary reviews and aside from Illustrator having some neat features, Photoshop Extended is a waste, and Flash is just new menu look. Thanks Adobe for certifying a monopoly on design software!
http://www.it-enquirer.com/main/ite/more/cs3/

Spare_Change

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

gascan555 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:50:28 EDT

Dear God I hope they haven't screwed up Flash...

gascan555

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

lumpydog — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:08:38 EDT

That clown is a very interesting design, but HOLY MACARONI is it terrifying!

lumpydog

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

citykids — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:01:02 EDT

I hope this means a price drop for CS2!

citykids

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

Warbrain — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:58:05 EDT

I need to upgrade my iBook to a gig of RAM just to run this!

Warbrain