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minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoAnd they bought Macromedia’s suite and destroyed it.
minus-squarelowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI miss macromedia flash so bad, actionscript for life
minus-squaremetaldream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoGood I hated working in actionscript so much.
minus-squareflightyhobler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI once built a website preloader that was so large that I made a pre-preloader for it. Good times indeed.
minus-squarelowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days ago<insert outdated xzibit meme here> Agreed, the wildest of wests.
minus-squareEbby@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoA 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.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoAwesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on)
minus-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoFireworks for me. I miss that whole suite though.
minus-squareandxz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 days agoNow there’s a name I haven’t seen in a while and that makes me a little bit sad.
minus-squareRogue@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoFireworks 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.
minus-squareWimster@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThat’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.
minus-squareXerxos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoAnd they bought Paintshop pro and destroyed it
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoCorel bought Paint Shop Pro and destroyed it, not Adobe, though it was an Adobe-style move to be sure.
minus-squareRedredme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI think he is old, like me and means aldus photostyler. Which was light years ahead of adobe in background separation.
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoAnd they bought Cool Edit and destroyed it.
And they bought Macromedia’s suite and destroyed it.
I miss macromedia flash so bad, actionscript for life
Good I hated working in actionscript so much.
I once built a website preloader that was so large that I made a pre-preloader for it. Good times indeed.
<insert outdated xzibit meme here> Agreed, the wildest of wests.
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.
Awesome, what’s keeping you busy these days? (If this is an account where it’s OK to share that on)
Fireworks for me. I miss that whole suite though.
Now there’s a name I haven’t seen in a while and that makes me a little bit sad.
RIP Fireworks…
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.
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.
And they bought Paintshop pro and destroyed it
Corel bought Paint Shop Pro and destroyed it, not Adobe, though it was an Adobe-style move to be sure.
I think he is old, like me and means aldus photostyler. Which was light years ahead of adobe in background separation.
And they bought Cool Edit and destroyed it.