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Macromedia Flash 5 review
Reviews The confusing and inconsistent layout of the old interface has been replaced by a panel-based system that will be familiar to users of other Macromedia products. The ability to edit Bezier curves is welcome, but the best results are still achieved...
[October 16, 2000, 0:00]
Macromedia JRun
Downloads Macromedia JRun 4 is the fast, affordable, and reliable solution for delivering Java applications. New features—such as drag-and-drop deploy, XDoclet integration and optimized Macromedia Flash connectivity—speed the development and deployment of...
[January 7, 2003, 6:00]
Macromedia gets talking
News Macromedia's quest to make the Web work better enters new and uncharted territory Tuesday with the release of server software for adding communications functions to Web sites. Flash Communications Server MX, a new addition to the MX family of Web...
[July 9, 2002, 11:18]
Macromedia Breeze review
Reviews There's no lengthy installation process, but you will need to download a small Macromedia Flash application to conduct a meeting -- an effortless procedure that took less than a minute in our tests. Macromedia Breeze, like its conferencing...
[March 9, 2005, 9:50]
Adobe, Macromedia settle patent suits
News Rival software makers Macromedia and Adobe Systems announced on Monday that they had settled all claims in a series of patent suits between the companies. A jury in the US District Court of Delaware agreeing with Adobe's contention that the user...
[July 30, 2002, 7:57]
Macromedia investigates Flash security
News Software giant Macromedia is investigating reports that its Flash Player plugin for Internet browsers could allow malicious hackers access to computers connected to the Internet. A spokeswoman for Macromedia says that the company's technical staff...
[January 4, 2001, 14:24]
Macromedia to Flex new Flash server muscles
News Macromedia is set to announce an update on Monday to Flex, the company's server software for adding interfaces to Web applications. Version 1.5 of Flex, set for release in November, will include an expanded menu of components for creating custom...
[October 18, 2004, 11:45]
Macromedia tests Flash update
News Macromedia is testing an update to its main set of tools for creating Web content and applications in its Flash format. Macromedia developers registered as beta testers were recently invited to sign up for the beta version of a product code-named...
[May 28, 2004, 9:10]
Macromedia adds SOAP to Linux Flash Player
News Macromedia added support for Web services protocol SOAP to its Flash player for Linux on Thursday. Macromedia claims its Flash player is installed on 98 percent of Internet-connected desktops, as well as a growing number of handheld devices.
[May 27, 2004, 15:05]
Macromedia flashes new MX wares
News Macromedia on Tuesday launched the first major revamp of its MX line of Web design and development products, hoping to court a new class of developers. As previously reported, the MX 2004 product line includes a new flavor of Flash, Macromedia's...
[September 10, 2003, 10:45]
Macromedia extends Flex
News Macromedia plans to release on Monday the first major extension for Flex, server software introduced earlier this year as part of a drive to expand use of the company's Flash format. Builder allows developers to work with a combination of coding...
[August 23, 2004, 8:35]
Macromedia opens Dynamic HTML developer area
News The area is designed to demonstrate the excellence of creating DHTML ins association with Macromedia's Shockwave Director and Shockwave Flash. The DHTML Zone is the first step in Macromedia's goal to provide 'Universal Multimedia' which runs in any...
[August 4, 1997, 13:22]
Macromedia Studio 8: a first look review
Reviews Macromedia boasts that the Studio 8 Web design, animation and video suite is the package's most impressive update yet. Macromedia also rebuilt the Flash Player video codec and rendering engine to better stream multimedia content.
[August 9, 2005, 10:25]
Macromedia eases Web updates
News Macromedia will be adding to its Web design software portfolio with Contribute, a utility created to enable Web site updates by non-IT staff. A beta version of the application was demonstrated to Web designers at a Macromedia seminar in the...
[October 30, 2002, 14:05]
Macromedia to sell light-duty Web tool
News After years of targeting professional Web developers and designers, Macromedia has a new type of customer in mind for its latest product -- you. There are a lot of inefficiencies in the processes most companies use," said Kevin Lynch, chief...
[November 11, 2002, 10:20]
Macromedia upgrades Web conferencing software
News Macromedia has unveiled the latest version of its online video conferencing application, adding support for VoIP among other upgrades. Known as Breeze 5, the Web conferencing tool unveiled on Monday is the company's latest effort to expand the...
[May 4, 2005, 17:15]
Adobe, Macromedia to square off in court
News Rival software maker Adobe Systems is set to dump a bit of rain on Macromedia's parade on Monday. While Macromedia executives tout one of the company's biggest product launches ever -- Web design tools Dreamweaver MX -- company lawyers will be in...
[April 29, 2002, 8:46]
Macromedia Studio 8 review
Reviews We installed the entire Macromedia Studio 8 suite in less than half an hour without problems on our test Windows XP system. To shrink the file sizes and hasten the playback time of Flash animation on end-user desktops, Macromedia gutted and rebuilt...
[October 7, 2005, 0:00]
Macromedia stretches Flash offering
News Macromedia is set to release on Monday a new server product intended to expand the use of its Flash format for presenting Web applications. Flex breaks them down into a Macromedia dialect of extensible markup language (XML) that can be read by the...
[March 29, 2004, 9:45]
Macromedia promotes new Director
News Macromedia is set to announce a new version of Director, the company's multimedia authoring tool, on Monday. Director is one of Macromedia's oldest applications, dating back to the days when multimedia content was mainly distributed on CD-ROMs...
[January 5, 2004, 9:15]
