Why Photoshop and Illustrator Will Never Be One. Mordy Golding, former product manager for Illustrator, comments on why this marriage isn’t written in the stars. (Via PS Blog.)
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So two bits of news came out today that had disappointing prices attached to them: the new season of the Ricky Gervais Show and the new Mac mini.
One I’ll get right out of the way. Ricky Gervais and company have decided to be one of the first pay-to-listen podcasts on iTunes Music Store. This is certainly justifiable since the Ricky Gervais show is quite entertaining and hugely popular. What’s not so funny is the price: $1.99 for a 30 minute audio-only podcast. Keep in mind that full length TV shows are available on iTunes Music Store for the same price. I don’t know about you but I was thinking $0.49 or perhaps even $.99 would have been more in line.
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Sphere: Related ContentFormer Illustrator product manager, Mordy Golding, interviews himself regarding Illustrator and Freehand. Ah, I can never pass up a good discussion on Illustrator and Freehand, even if it’s one way. (Via John Nack on Adobe.)
Sphere: Related ContentBelieve it or not, I’ve somehow managed to get by never working on two displays at once though all these years. Lately, I’ve had friends tell me they’ve made the switch to dual screens and said they would never go back. I never could quite grasp the appeal for working with two screens at once. I’ve always thought it would be more trouble than it’s worth. Well, today I had my first true experience working with dual screens. And although the jury is still out on this way of working for me, I’ve found it cumbersome at times and promising at other times. But ultimately it just made me think more about the whole working setup.
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Adobe.com Reboots, Sorta
As some of you may know, May 1st is considered a Reboot day amongst Web designers. It’s an opportunity to apply a makeover to your site and have others comment on it. This marks the sixth annual May 1st Reboot. You can find the original campaign at May1Reboot and a more standards-compliant focused cousin at CSSReboot.
Well, I don’t know if Adobe intentionally decided to join in on all the fun today or it’s just a happy coincidence, but over the weekend Adobe launched a somewhat new site design at Adobe.com. I say, “somewhat new” because at first blush the site seems to be what was Macromedia.com’s existing page template design with a revised navigation and Adobe’s visual design lightly applied through out. (Incidentally, Macromedia.com now does a complete redirect to Adobe.com.) So it’s obvious this is Adobe’s first noble attempt to bring the two companies’ product offerings together online.
Adobe’s new site design was code named “Day Next”. Craig Goodman’s article, “Day Next” comes to the Developer Center, details some of the changes to the site and where to find everything after the move.
It’s interesting to see just what Adobe chose to offer as direct links on the home page’s Products area. However, it’s also rather disheartening to wade through the barrage of products that now pour out from the main products page when you click “See all products”.
What do you think? Do you think the fusion of these two creative software companies is really going to be a good thing for us, the designers?
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