Serious Question, why use New Cp?

[kurtv80722686]

Captivate Classic is far more robust including advanced actions, variables, multi-states, simulations, and customizability. Aside from being responsive, why would my orginization use New Cp especially since it can't even open .CPTX files. Thanks for any suggestions!

[RodWard]

I wholeheartedly agree with you that Captivate Classic is more robust and full featured for creating the kind of e-learning that most developers and their clients want.    There simply hasn't been the kind of demand for responsive design that Adobe expected to see when they designed the new Captivate's functionality set.  And as a result of that, Captivate has now lost a significant amount of market share to competitors that stuck to just delivering what developers wanted in their tool.

Having said that, the problem that Captivate Classic faces is that it is eventually going to be unsupported by Adobe (supposedly before 2027 or even earlier).  This means that companies that have opted to be reliant on it as a tool for e-learning will one day find it will simply stop working for them.  That could happen because Adobe pulls the plug on it.  But most likely it will happen because Apple or Microsoft one day release an OS update that causes Captivate to stop working overnite.  This has happened many times in Captivate's history.  In fact it seems to happen every single time Apple does a Max OS update and Mac users dive in to get the latest.  Adobe usually releases a fix, but that takes weeks or months, if it comes at all.

So, why should you use the new Captivate?  Good question.  One possible reason to migrate to the New Captivate is that there IS actually supposed to be new functionality to be released soon (if not already) that will allow older CPTX files to be upgraded to Cp format.  That still won't fix the other glaring issues you mentioned about missing functionality, but at least it might provide a way forward for companies that have significant numbers of older courses developed in CPTX that they want to keep.  I have not seen any of Adobe's competitors advertising similar functionality to convert CTPX into their own formats.

[Dirlo]

Hello !

I've used the Classic to create hundreds of micro-animation very useful in my "virtual school"...

Before this, they were completed in Flash !... Not an happy memory. !..

None of them I could have done with the New version... NONE !...

Years ago I remember coming in this forum every morning.... with pleasure !...

Nowadays, I come only once a week, hoping that Adobe will step back on its policy and keep on with the Adobe Classic...

Please !... Keep both versions !...

😉

[RodWard]

Yes I think there would be many long-term Captivate users that would echo your plea, but I'm afraid Adobe is unlikely to be willing to keep Captivate Classic once they have achieved reasonably robust functionality in the new Captivate that would allow conversion of CPTX files to .Cp format. 

It must be a pain for the team having to maintain both versions of the app, and here we are in 2025 still referring to the latest version as NEW Captivate when Captivate 2019 was first released late in 2018.  (I remember it well.)  We had to wait around for 5 years with only small updates before NEW Captivate came out.  There was a lot of fanfare about how it's new functionality and ease of use would blow the e-learning world away.  However, the result has been...somewhat underwhelming.

I well remember...years ago...opening up my Inbox each day and seeing my Adobe Captivate folder filled with dozens of posts from other users asking questions and offering solutions.  Now on any given day there are rarely more than a few posts on the Adobe Captivate forum.  And that is NOT because new Captivate is so intutitive, easy-to-use and full-featured.   

That lack of activity on the forum to me is the biggest sign that Captivate has lost significant market share to its competitors.   And I see no indication from Adobe that they still care about this product. 

Very sad.