▲ 1232 ▼ Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky (futurism.com) submitted 1 year ago by ButtonMcLemming@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 279 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 203 points 1 year ago (6 children) And they bought Macromedia’s suite and destroyed it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 year ago (3 children) I miss macromedia flash so bad, actionscript for life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (2 children) I once built a website preloader that was so large that I made a pre-preloader for it. Good times indeed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) A flash preloader was my first real tech job! As I recall, they stiffed my last paycheck and went under later. But it was incredibly fun and I made connections that steered my career to a new direction for the next decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Awesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on) permalink fedilink source parent [–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Agreed, the wildest of wests. permalink fedilink source parent [–] modifier@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fireworks for me. I miss that whole suite though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] andxz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* Now there's a name I haven't seen in a while and that makes me a little bit sad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago Good I hated working in actionscript so much. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 child) RIP Fireworks... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rogue@feddit.uk 20 points 1 year ago Fireworks had so much potential as a web design app and they threw it away. Illustrator and InDesign were too focused on print media and Photoshop could barely comprehend anything unless it was rasterized. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 10 points 1 year ago That's what big tech companies do, they buy small and promissing companies they think that once can become a competitor and then.... destroy it. The young startups just take the money and can retire early. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago And they bought Cool Edit and destroyed it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) And they bought Paintshop pro and destroyed it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Corel bought Paint Shop Pro and destroyed it, not Adobe, though it was an Adobe-style move to be sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redredme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I think he is old, like me and means aldus photostyler. Which was light years ahead of adobe in background separation. permalink fedilink source parent [+] rotkehle@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) That was part of the macromedia suite wasn’t it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Were they talking about Dreamweaver or Flash? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Freehand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* The one i never used. I made my personal homepage with Dreamweaver and got my first job with it. Also the first job: after 3 days of us using Dreamweaver to finalize the website, the PM rushes in and forbids Dreamweaver use, because it was garbling the parts with java. I never even worked with HTML before, "raw" in a text editor lol. I'm thankful for this first experience. It made me buckle up and catch up in the hotel, at night. That was around 1997... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 year ago (3 children) I miss macromedia flash so bad, actionscript for life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (2 children) I once built a website preloader that was so large that I made a pre-preloader for it. Good times indeed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) A flash preloader was my first real tech job! As I recall, they stiffed my last paycheck and went under later. But it was incredibly fun and I made connections that steered my career to a new direction for the next decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Awesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on) permalink fedilink source parent [–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Agreed, the wildest of wests. permalink fedilink source parent [–] modifier@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fireworks for me. I miss that whole suite though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] andxz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* Now there's a name I haven't seen in a while and that makes me a little bit sad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago Good I hated working in actionscript so much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (2 children) I once built a website preloader that was so large that I made a pre-preloader for it. Good times indeed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) A flash preloader was my first real tech job! As I recall, they stiffed my last paycheck and went under later. But it was incredibly fun and I made connections that steered my career to a new direction for the next decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Awesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on) permalink fedilink source parent [–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Agreed, the wildest of wests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) A flash preloader was my first real tech job! As I recall, they stiffed my last paycheck and went under later. But it was incredibly fun and I made connections that steered my career to a new direction for the next decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Awesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Awesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Agreed, the wildest of wests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fireworks for me. I miss that whole suite though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] andxz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* Now there's a name I haven't seen in a while and that makes me a little bit sad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andxz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* Now there's a name I haven't seen in a while and that makes me a little bit sad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago Good I hated working in actionscript so much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 child) RIP Fireworks... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rogue@feddit.uk 20 points 1 year ago Fireworks had so much potential as a web design app and they threw it away. Illustrator and InDesign were too focused on print media and Photoshop could barely comprehend anything unless it was rasterized. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 20 points 1 year ago Fireworks had so much potential as a web design app and they threw it away. Illustrator and InDesign were too focused on print media and Photoshop could barely comprehend anything unless it was rasterized. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 10 points 1 year ago That's what big tech companies do, they buy small and promissing companies they think that once can become a competitor and then.... destroy it. The young startups just take the money and can retire early. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago And they bought Cool Edit and destroyed it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) And they bought Paintshop pro and destroyed it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Corel bought Paint Shop Pro and destroyed it, not Adobe, though it was an Adobe-style move to be sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redredme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I think he is old, like me and means aldus photostyler. Which was light years ahead of adobe in background separation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Corel bought Paint Shop Pro and destroyed it, not Adobe, though it was an Adobe-style move to be sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redredme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I think he is old, like me and means aldus photostyler. Which was light years ahead of adobe in background separation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I think he is old, like me and means aldus photostyler. Which was light years ahead of adobe in background separation. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] rotkehle@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) That was part of the macromedia suite wasn’t it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Were they talking about Dreamweaver or Flash? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Freehand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* The one i never used. I made my personal homepage with Dreamweaver and got my first job with it. Also the first job: after 3 days of us using Dreamweaver to finalize the website, the PM rushes in and forbids Dreamweaver use, because it was garbling the parts with java. I never even worked with HTML before, "raw" in a text editor lol. I'm thankful for this first experience. It made me buckle up and catch up in the hotel, at night. That was around 1997... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) That was part of the macromedia suite wasn’t it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Were they talking about Dreamweaver or Flash? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Freehand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* The one i never used. I made my personal homepage with Dreamweaver and got my first job with it. Also the first job: after 3 days of us using Dreamweaver to finalize the website, the PM rushes in and forbids Dreamweaver use, because it was garbling the parts with java. I never even worked with HTML before, "raw" in a text editor lol. I'm thankful for this first experience. It made me buckle up and catch up in the hotel, at night. That was around 1997... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Were they talking about Dreamweaver or Flash? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Freehand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* The one i never used. I made my personal homepage with Dreamweaver and got my first job with it. Also the first job: after 3 days of us using Dreamweaver to finalize the website, the PM rushes in and forbids Dreamweaver use, because it was garbling the parts with java. I never even worked with HTML before, "raw" in a text editor lol. I'm thankful for this first experience. It made me buckle up and catch up in the hotel, at night. That was around 1997... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Freehand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* The one i never used. I made my personal homepage with Dreamweaver and got my first job with it. Also the first job: after 3 days of us using Dreamweaver to finalize the website, the PM rushes in and forbids Dreamweaver use, because it was garbling the parts with java. I never even worked with HTML before, "raw" in a text editor lol. I'm thankful for this first experience. It made me buckle up and catch up in the hotel, at night. That was around 1997... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* The one i never used. I made my personal homepage with Dreamweaver and got my first job with it. Also the first job: after 3 days of us using Dreamweaver to finalize the website, the PM rushes in and forbids Dreamweaver use, because it was garbling the parts with java. I never even worked with HTML before, "raw" in a text editor lol. I'm thankful for this first experience. It made me buckle up and catch up in the hotel, at night. That was around 1997... permalink fedilink source parent