So Gracious of them - Adobe reaches out and kills Fireworks
Hard to believe a software company has the power (or the right, since I own a stand alone license for CS6 Master Collection which includes Fireworks) to reach out and kill a beloved program that can create interactive buttons and pop down menus with precision and vector beauty - html, .js and .css all generated for your website building pleasure. Today I tested the waters to see what was happening on my home computer by opening Fireworks CS6 (all of my computers in the school Mac Lab have already reached EOL with this program). The program launched with it's normal routine, then the Application Manager took control and promptly stated that my trial period had run out. It did, however, graciously say I could use the program one last time on this machine. Strange since it has never been trial software on any of my machines either at home or at work. The versatility of this software is beyond compare and the stuffed shirt young developers at Adobe will never be able to replace it. Oh well, let's suck up to the new 64 bit revolution and just kill it. Stupid. I have been a Macromedia then Adobe user for over 15 years and nothing made the one man show more productive, or ever will, than the combined programs of Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash and Dreamweaver. Design kills developer. What a sad day for great software.
