dropping like flies

[mojoprime]

first adobe effectively kills freehand:

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/05/freehand_no_lon.html

and now, the venerable canvas is gone too (scroll to the bottom):

http://forums.acdsystems.com/index.php?showtopic=3845&st=20

i think secretly we all knew freehand was dead when adobe bought macromedia, the same GoLive will quietly "GoAway" in favor of dreamweaver.

still it's sort of sad to see these old tools falling by the wayside. if i still use any corel products, i think i'd be worried next.

and then of course, there's this abomination:

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/

[Typically]

and then of course, there's this abomination:

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/

i just puked in mouth mouth a little bit

[mojoprime]

frightening.

of course, they have a lot of catching up to do.

[Patrick Shannon]

Microsoft Expression? Hey, at least your spreadsheets will never look better.

[Lula]

i just puked in mouth mouth a little bit

I just pucked in my mouth A LOT!

[doubting_thomas]

This has been in the works for a while. MS bought the core product from
another company, so there might be a chance that it won't totally blow
chunks. I know all our clients will buy it. I really pissed someone off in a
previous life.