The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by dinosaurs » Mon, May 06, 2013, 7:28 PM UTC

The Future of Adobe Fireworks
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Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by Zikes » Mon, May 06, 2013, 7:55 PM UTC

> Over the last couple of years, there has been an increasing amount of overlap in the functionality between Fireworks and both existing and new programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Edge Reflow.

Because we'd all much rather have to work in and pay for all three of those applications than to have the one tool that does it right?

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by normanv » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

WebCode is a vector drawing app that instantly generates CSS+HTML, JavaScript+Canvas or SVG code.

http://www.webcodeapp.com/

If you have a Mac, WebCode is a great alternative to Fireworks.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by Osmium » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

My first copy of Fireworks I bought when it was still owned by Macromedia and it was wonderful; so powerful yet easy to use. It was my impression that Adobe never really "got" it, or knew how it should exist in their ecosystem as a sort-of competitor to their other products. It was sad watching it flounder, but I wonder what Adobe could've done differently.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by Osmium » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:07 PM UTC

normanv wrote: post #3

WebCode is a vector drawing app that instantly generates CSS+HTML, JavaScript+Canvas or SVG code. http://www.webcodeapp.com/ If you have a Mac, WebCode is a great alternative to Fireworks.

Interestingly, they also make an app called PaintCode which outputs Objective-C code: http://www.paintcodeapp.com

I'm sure they used to be part of the same app; I'm not sure when that changed or what the logic was behind it.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by aaronblohowiak » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

Zikes wrote: post #2

> Over the last couple of years, there has been an increasing amount of overlap in the functionality between Fireworks and both existing and new programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Edge Reflow. Because we'd all much rather have to work in and pay for all three of those applications than to have the one tool that does it right?

The monthly creative suite subscription is a pretty good deal and lets you download/use all the cs apps.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by kunai » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:15 PM UTC

I'm a bit confused that they kept Dreamweaver but killed off Fireworks.

No web designer I know even uses Dreamweaver anymore, but plenty of people still use Fireworks. Odd decision by Adobe here.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by neovive » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:17 PM UTC

At least FW will still be around and somewhat supported for quite a while. FW is pretty much feature-complete and can continue functioning well into the future.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by veritas20 » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:18 PM UTC

kunai wrote: post #7

I'm a bit confused that they kept Dreamweaver but killed off Fireworks. No web designer I know even uses Dreamweaver anymore, but plenty of people still use Fireworks. Odd decision by Adobe here.

I'm sure that more cuts are on the way. Having a breadth of products works well for software that's distributed in a non-SaaS model. Now, that they have embraced a subscription model, expect narrowing the product suite.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by PixelCut » Mon, May 06, 2013, 8:18 PM UTC

Osmium wrote: post #5

normanv wrote: post #3

WebCode is a vector drawing app that instantly generates CSS+HTML, JavaScript+Canvas or SVG code. http://www.webcodeapp.com/ If you have a Mac, WebCode is a great alternative to Fireworks.

Interestingly, they also make an app called PaintCode which outputs Objective-C code: http://www.paintcodeapp.com I'm sure they used to be part of the same app; I'm not sure when that changed or what the logic was behind it.

We just launched WebCode about a month ago (been selling http://www.paintcodeapp.com/ for more than a year). The two apps obviously share a lot of internals. We decided to make WebCode a separate app because it has an entirely different target audience.