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CS5 Release Date!

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March 12, 2010
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Have just visited Amazon uk, and though I would do a search for Adobe CS5, and found the release date for a number of books for CS5 to be around the middle of July. I am not saying that this date is 'factual' but for those interested it is a possible indicator.

For those wishing to view the page, see - http://www.amazon.co.uk/adobe-cs5-Books/s/qid=1268399924/ref=sr_pg_2?ie=UTF8&keywords=Adobe%20CS5&bbn=266239&rh=n%3A266239%2Cn%3A!1025612%2Ck%3AAdobe%20CS5&page=2.

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pziecinaAuthor

Legend

Hi

As this thread is still showing on the first page of goggle for "CS5 Release date", I though I would close the thread by providing a link to the download, which is - http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/?promoid=BPDEC.

A review of the new features can be seen on video here - http://tv.adobe.com/#.

Or read David Powers review here - http://foundationphp.com/blog/2010/04/12/dreamweaver-cs5-is-good-news-for-php-devs/.

For those hoping for 'new server behaviours', sorry there are none, and with regard to the current server behaviours, I must agree with David here in that they should only be used for 'prototyping' and not for live sites. Hopefully David's forthcoming book on using Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP will explain why this is so too the users who are uncertain on why I say this. Although I am an experienced Dreamweaver user I look forward to reading the book myself as I am certain it will include a number of useful tips, if you are interested you can read a list of what is to be included in the book, here - http://foundationphp.com/phpcs5/.

PZ

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foyle3

Participating Frequently

Frustrating - I decided a few days ago that I needed the latest ACRaw - I'm on the best update for CS2 at present - so I'm willing to buy right now and cannot have - obviously I'm not going to buy CS4 and have to pay for an upgrade in a fortnight. It would have been much better for me to buy in this financial year (UK) which ends Tuesday

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

How about this as a possibility? You could download and install the trial for CS4 now which would run for 30 days free/fully-functional, by which point CS5 would arguably be close to being released and you would hopefully be in the "grace period" to buy CS4 (convert the trial) and get a free upgrade to CS5 when it ships.

This of course presumes that Adobe continues the grace period policy and you can get it. Another possible benefit is you could move forward now with the more "mature" codebase of CS4 and then upgrade later to CS5 at your leisure. Worst case is you have CS4 now within the financial year budgeting you want.

Anyway, just an idea!

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foyle3

Participating Frequently

Tried that - seems I must have opened the CS4 trial for a test last year !

So I can't test it again - not that I remember actually activating it - the

trouble with timed trials is that when you are busy 30 days goes by in a

flash. If Adobe published an actual "grace period" policy (I didn't know

there was such a possibility) I would know where I stood/stand, Cheers

derek Simpson

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

Today for planning purposes we completed an analysis on possible timeframes for availability of CS5 in different segments and geographies...

We had been reading all kinds of guesstimates, some theorizing as late as October, so thought we'd try to lend some clarity. It's here if you might find it useful.

Adobe CS5 Launches April 12th: When Will it Ship?

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

Relevant followup news, just out!

Adobe CS5 Global Launch will be April 12th

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Ben M

Community Expert

I almost thought that was a joke but it seems to be confirmed in multiple outlets. Seemed odd after Adobe just released another beta of Lightroom 3 because I thought they would be working on that simultaneously with Photoshop and that beta 2 will be running through June now. And Adobe has an official page for those interested:

http://cs5launch.adobe.com/

pziecinaAuthor

Legend

Hi Everyone

The link and the launch dates are not a joke, but I am uncertain if the date given is for the 'public' beta or an actual full version release. Although the release of the public beta would be my guess, as this would then coincide with the release dates given for books for the full version, (mid July), and explain the 'extension' to the lighroom V3 beta version.

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InteractionDesign

Participating Frequently

I want to throw some new buzz into this thread.

Just check out this:
http://www.russellbrown.com/how2010/#info

He'll be using the newest Photoshop version. Why they don't say that he'll be using Photoshop CS4?

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mattsbennett

New Participant

Furthering the bread crumb trail to the imminent release date and for those interested in all things CS5... Check out this post from the Adobe XD team covering the some of the design influences (including Otl Aicher inspired grid systems and pictograms) for CS5, including a revealing of the new application icon design.

David_Powers

Inspiring

pziecina wrote:
Have just visited Amazon uk, and though I would do a search for Adobe CS5, and found the release date for a number of books for CS5 to be around the middle of July.

I'm rather surprised that Amazon.co.uk is listing CS5 books. Amazon.com is listing only one - and by a non-mainstream publisher. I imagine that if Adobe gets wind of this, the listings will be removed. Adobe puts all publishers under an embargo. No announcement of books until the product is officially announced.

I have no idea when CS5 will be either announced or released. In spite of what many people might think, authors don't get advance notice of the product's release date.

As for the rumours that others pointed to, one referred to a new product. At a guess, that could be either Flash Catalyst or ColdFusion Builder, both of which are in public beta. So, it might not indicate when CS5 is due out.

One thing is for sure. Adobe is trying to build up a viral campaign with its CSBuzz site. A group of Adobe evangelists is on a highly publicized "secret" world tour. Unless they let the secret out of the bag soon, a lot of people are going to get bored.

pziecinaAuthor

Legend

Hi

David Powers wrote -

I imagine that if Adobe gets wind of this, the listings will be removed.

I was a little surprised to see that Amazon.co.uk had any CS5 books listed, and this is why I posted the link here although as you say Adobe will probably have the listings removed.

A little 'speculation' on the subject is O/K, providing it does not harm anyone in any way. My personal opinion is that it would be better if Adobe published a list of features it hoped to include in future versions anyway, and possibly asked for comments by registered users on the features, possibly in the same style that Microsoft has now implemented.

Yes, I know that features can be requested but without some feedback from Adobe, no one knows if others have also requested the feature or if it is even a consideration. We know that some will ask for features that should not be included in a 'general' web design/development program like Dreamweaver, (like integration of a particular framework) but feedback on requested, or possible new features from Adobe would be helpful.

PZ

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Ben M

Community Expert

Here's some more speculation to add to the fire. I just came across this in my daily browsing:

http://blogs.adobe.com/designandweb/

Smart pasting, HTML5 & CSS3 support for DW. Some really neat features. Maybe they are hard at work on the next version and closer than we think. Or maybe all these new features will push the release back another 8 months.

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

Although nothing definitive from the company yet, some sources look to a possible mid-spring release date for CS5. http://bit.ly/cRtRgi

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Ben M

Community Expert

You know you could also speculate May for a release date because of the Lightroom 3 Beta expiring on April 30th likely leading to new camera raw updates which would update Photoshop.

So how long do you think a speculation thread like this will keep going before people start to catch on that nothing has been announced, who wants to speculate that date?

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

LOL - good one, and good point... Well at this point 'following the crumbs' and clues is the best we can do, so might as well have fun with it right?

John Waller

Community Expert

It's exciting to think about but bear in mind that Amazon has a track record for putting wrong shipping dates on books linked to yet-to-be released software.

They've been wrong by 3-6 months in the past.

Having said that I'd like to think that CS5 may ship sometime around the rumoured date of April (but only Adobe knows for sure).

http://cs5.org/?p=518