“Several online Web sites have posted information in the past couple of days stating that Adobe Systems will discontinue development and support for two of its products: GoLive and Freehand. Adobe says the reports are not correct and the products are not being discontinued,” Jim Dalrymple reports for Macworld. “‘Adobe plans to continue to support GoLive and Freehand and develop these products based on our customer’s needs,’ an Adobe representative told Macworld in a statement. “‘Clearly Dreamweaver and Illustrator are market leading when it comes to web design/development and vector graphics/illustration,’ said the Adobe statement. ‘Customers should expect Adobe to concentrate our development efforts around these two products with regards to future innovation and Creative Suite integration.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brooklyn NYC” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Okay, so for how long will GoLive and Freehand development continue? Through lunchtime, next week, into the summer? This still sounds like a “withering on the vine” scenario to us. We expect Adobe to support any redundant apps they have due to their purchase of Macromedia for a reasonable amount of time, but it makes little sense to waste development efforts on them. Dropping GoLive for Dreamweaver and Freehand for Illustrator only makes sense.
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