Comments on: Adobe and Macromedia Compete No More

By: feather

feather — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:31:04 +0000

Brian – I’m with you, for what it’s worth. Fireworks is my tool of choice as well, though I have been known to fire up PhotoShop in a pinch.

Did anyone catch the web cast?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:41:31 +0000

I’m only really worried about Fireworks. I don’t know if I’m just more familiar with it, but I greatly prefer it to Photoshop.

By: Tristan Louis

Tristan Louis — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:37:36 +0000

Well, there are a lot of products. I've posted my predictions about each of the products on my blog (Adobe acquires Macromedia , if you're interested.

By: Adam Michela

Adam Michela — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:09:05 +0000

This is a good thing if the right products win.

By: vlad

vlad — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:07:34 +0000

my high school has a contract with macromedia to provide software for the web design class. they used to have a similar contact with adobe. both sucked because in one case you have dreamweaver but fireworks instead of photoshop, while in the other case you have photoshop but golive instead of dreamweaver. if the 2 companies are to combine, perhaps one could have the best of both worlds (photoshop and dreamweaver).

By: Jina Bolton

Jina Bolton — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:59:40 +0000

While I agree that Photoshop and Illustrator appear to be more widely used, there are definitely some features in Fireworks and Freehand that I could see would work wonderfully in the Adobe programs.

I definitely think Dreamweaver should win out over GoLive.

And then with Flash, Director, AfterEffects, etc… It’d be interesting to see what happens.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:32:38 +0000

Like you, I wasn’t expecting this one! I think Macromedia’s products will be the big loser here – Photoshop and Illustrator are arguably the bigger fish here, so I dare say it will be bye bye Fireworks & Freehand.

I wonder which name will stay – Macromedia or Adobe?