Overheard in the tech blogosphere » Adobe

Overheard: Extend your brand to the desktop

Margaret Rouse — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:11:24 +0000

If your business has any kind of web presence, this could be a great tool for you. Why? Your customers don’t even need to launch a browser to find you. Your application, branded with your logo, could be sitting right on their desktop.

Kyle Claypool, Tech Tools: AdobeAIR Apps

I’m not so sure about Adobe AIR apps. I can clutter up my desktop quite nicely by myself. I’ve already ditched my gadgets and widgets. The AIR apps look pretty but I still think I’d rather go to a web page and keep my desktop for my own clutter. I must say, though, that Kyle’s examples almost have me convinced to give it a try.

Overheard: Goodbye GoLive

Margaret Rouse — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:52:30 +0000

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Web graphics formats are all public, open standards. It just doesn’t seem right that the primary tool for professional Web site creation should be an expensive, proprietary software package. Where are the low-cost or open source competitors?

Neil McAllister, GoLive Goes Dead as Adobe Consolidates

Adobe should just have cleaned up GoLive and made it free. It’s still a useful app and would go a long way to soothe all the people who are still angry about how Adobe promised something useful with Photoshop Express but didn’t deliver.

Overheard: Adobe Buzzword gets SaaS-y thumbs up

Margaret Rouse — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:46:26 +0000

“Middle-aged men are supposed to blow money on cars and alimony, not rebuilding a relic application from the glory days of PC software.”

Michael Fitzgerald, Buzzword Brings Beauty, Flash to Word Processing for Adobe

Lots of chatter this week about Adobe Buzzword. The general consensus seems to be that Buzzword is the first Web-based contender to pose a serious threat to Microsoft Word. You can try it out for yourself here.