Hopstein, wrote, said that reports of FreeHand’s demise weren’t correct GoLive wasn’t mentioned. I used to be fluent in German, so I also read that MacGeneration noted further that their colleagues at spoke to Alexander Hopstein, the PR manager for Adobe’s central and eastern Europe operations. At my count, MacUser was fourth-hand news, no? Winding my way to MacGeneration, I found a report that was basically translated at the Macsimum News site – without the note, 'thanks to Frederic for the information.' That meant MacGeneration wasn’t at the event, but was reporting what a reader or colleague told them. The article went into some analysis, but had no Adobe sources – just a thank-you to MacGeneration, a French site.įortunately, I can read some French. That link took us to Macsimum News, which reported that Robert Raiola, an executive at Adobe Systems France, commented at the Adobe Live conference in Europe that the two products would no longer be developed. However, there were no Adobe sources, just a link. It stated that no further development was planned, but future support is promised. Following the story, it’s hard to figure out whether anything was announced purposely or not.Ĭhasing the Rumor’s Tail - The trek began at MacUser, Macworld’s forum site, which featured a story that says the two products are dead and offers some good analysis.

So, news that Adobe would be dropping these two less-successful products wasn’t necessarily a surprise.īut the surprise, however, wasn’t that the news turned out to be false: it was the Babelfishy route the rumor took to become news. With the release of Creative Suite 3 scheduled for sometime in 2007, it’s still unclear how the two companies’ product lines will be merged. Officemate and TidBITS Managing Editor Jeff Carlson yells out, 'Hey, GoLive is dead!' I shout a long, lingering, 'Nooooooooooo!' and then say, 'All-right-y then.' (We wrote several editions of 'Real World GoLive' together, so it’s a program we’ve followed closely for years.)įollowing Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia last year, a cloud of speculation has hovered over the fates of Adobe GoLive (whose stronger competition was Macromedia Dreamweaver) and prodigal child Macromedia FreeHand (whose stronger competition was Adobe Illustrator). GoLive, FreeHand Survive Rumors of Demise #1627: iPhone 14 lineup, Apple Watch SE/Series 8/Ultra, new AirPods Pro, iOS 16 and watchOS 9 released, Steve Jobs Archive.#1628: iPhone 14 impressions, Dark Sky end-of-life, tales from Rogue Amoeba.#1629: iOS 16.0.2, customizing the iOS 16 Lock Screen, iPhone wallet cases, meditate for free with Oak.#1630: Apple Books changes in iOS 16, simplified USB branding, recovering a lost Google Workspace account.#1631: iOS 16.0.3 and watchOS 9.0.2, roller coasters trigger Crash Detection, Medications in iOS 16, watchOS 9 Low Power Mode.

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