Macromedia created the first version of Contribute in 2003. At that time, the company’s slogan was “Add life to the Web,” and Contribute did so by giving non-technical content editors a way to easily publish to the Web without first learning their <p>’s and <q>’s. This in turn freed trained Web developers to explore the […]

The Web design business is tricky. To produce good Web sites, you must be adept at creating compelling design layouts and making them work with fluid code writing; but to be successful at the business end, you must do it quickly. If time is money, then saving the former equates to earning more of the […]

You’re on vacation and see an attractive hotel. A literature box on its front door holds a multi-fold document picturing tasty foods, glorious views, and vivid descriptions of life within. On the counter of a local pet store is a document advertising specials, training tips, and store credits for referring new customers. You open your […]

Macromedia prides itself on having been at the epicenter of the Internet’s “Big Bang.” As the Internet has exploded in every direction at once, so too has Macromedia’s product stable. For graphics creation and optimization, there are Fireworks and FreeHand. For Web site creation, there’s Dreamweaver. Authorware facilitates the development of e-learning applications, and of […]

Macromedia has certainly been busy this year. It has retooled nearly all of its biggest products and stamped them with the “MX” moniker. With that new designation, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and soon Director are all several steps more advanced, more functional, and by extension more complicated to learn than their previous incarnations. It is easy […]

Macromedia is done putting the finishing touches on Flash MX, the latest version of its flagship Web animation and interface development tool. Released on March 15, we looked at a late beta version of the product, and with its new video and audio capabilities, streamlined and “Macromedia-standard” workspace, and new tools, it looks as though […]

Wacom Technology has been producing graphics tablets for more than 10 years, and during that time its products have come to dominate the market for artists who just couldn’t get the hang of drawing with a mouse. The feel of pen-on-tablet is much more natural than the utilitarian and distinctly foreign sensation of mouse-on-desktop. With […]

The Ceiva digital picture frame is essentially a 5 x 7 inch LCD display encased in a subtle and stately black matted wooden frame. The back of the frame sports a single button, a power cord, and a telephone jack. The frame contains an internal modem designed to call into Ceiva’s server nightly and download […]

Taking a last stroll around Boston last Friday (the last day of Seybold Seminars Boston 2001), I was nearly flattened by a teenaged skateboarder on Newbury Street. After the near miss, he deftly diffused my building ire with a smile, a tip of his backwards Red Sox hat, and a chipper “Terribly sorry!” before zipping […]

Iomega Zip 250 USB The Iomega Zip 250USB is the latest incarnation of the popular “SuperFloppy” solution from Iomega. When introduced in 1995, the Zip drive was the challenger to the 44 or 88mb SyQuest, then the dominant removable storage media on the market. Zip drives were widely adopted by the prepress world, where the […]