Comments on: CS3 Hoops http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/ Pyrotechnics erupt in the distance. Guitar solo. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Craig Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:10:09 +0000 http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/#comment-1370 Since my eager readers want to know (well, ok, just Luke), CS3 arrived in a timely manner and I've been using it for a month. The first thing I noticed is that Photoshop is much snappier on my Intel Mac now that it's a proper universal binary application. The only oddity is with the various selection tools... there seems to be a slight pause between releasing the mouse and the actual marching ants appearing. But perhaps it does that on all platforms. I haven't quite gotten used to the new palette situation in Illustrator CS3. The palettes are hidden under icons in this sort of palette/toolbar hybrid until you call them up. I probably just need to spend more time getting my workspace set up just how I like it, but meanwhile it's rather annoying to not have all my palettes showing at once. As expected, Dreamweaver is a throwaway. Fine software I'm sure, I just have no use for it at all. And for all its improvements since I last used it in 2002, Dreamweaver still generates presentational markup and inline CSS and is thus still to blame for many badly-made websites built by people who rely on WYSIWYG instead of actually understanding HTML and CSS. I haven't had much use for Flash nor time to tinker with it, but I'm sure it'll come up eventually, if only to create sIFR font files. As for Acrobat, the thing that started this whole saga, it works just as promised and I was able to review all the PDFs. The book is now essentially "done" and is undergoing indexing and final layout, and should be off to the printers any minute. I believe June 25 is still the targeted publication date. Since my eager readers want to know (well, ok, just Luke), CS3 arrived in a timely manner and I’ve been using it for a month. The first thing I noticed is that Photoshop is much snappier on my Intel Mac now that it’s a proper universal binary application. The only oddity is with the various selection tools… there seems to be a slight pause between releasing the mouse and the actual marching ants appearing. But perhaps it does that on all platforms.

I haven’t quite gotten used to the new palette situation in Illustrator CS3. The palettes are hidden under icons in this sort of palette/toolbar hybrid until you call them up. I probably just need to spend more time getting my workspace set up just how I like it, but meanwhile it’s rather annoying to not have all my palettes showing at once.

As expected, Dreamweaver is a throwaway. Fine software I’m sure, I just have no use for it at all. And for all its improvements since I last used it in 2002, Dreamweaver still generates presentational markup and inline CSS and is thus still to blame for many badly-made websites built by people who rely on WYSIWYG instead of actually understanding HTML and CSS.

I haven’t had much use for Flash nor time to tinker with it, but I’m sure it’ll come up eventually, if only to create sIFR font files.

As for Acrobat, the thing that started this whole saga, it works just as promised and I was able to review all the PDFs. The book is now essentially “done” and is undergoing indexing and final layout, and should be off to the printers any minute. I believe June 25 is still the targeted publication date.

]]> By: luke dorny http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 luke dorny Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:21:09 +0000 http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/#comment-1368 So, do you have it yet? and how did this all pan out? I can't be sure, but at least with Macromedia's site, my purchases were redownloadable from my account section. I'm hoping Adobe does the same thing, and, as far as i can remember when i upgraded my CS -> CS2, Adobe had the same feature. Perhaps a T3 line at this point for downloading Gigs would have been helpful, but i thought i'd at least chime in. heh. Cheers! So, do you have it yet? and how did this all pan out?

I can’t be sure, but at least with Macromedia’s site, my purchases were redownloadable from my account section.
I’m hoping Adobe does the same thing, and, as far as i can remember when i upgraded my CS -> CS2, Adobe had the same feature.
Perhaps a T3 line at this point for downloading Gigs would have been helpful, but i thought i’d at least chime in. heh.

Cheers!

]]> By: Craig http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Craig Thu, 03 May 2007 19:08:36 +0000 http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/#comment-1358 Well it seems Adobe "underestimated" how quickly the CS3 Web and Design bundles would sell, though I'm not sure I believe that. They're backed up because it's just sooo hard to burn a DVD and print a box? Any place that had any copies sold them out in a flash and is waiting to receive more, but nobody has any idea when a shipment might come in. This feels like a manufactured shortage, Nintendo Wii-style, to keep demand high. I really did plan to buy CS3 Web, but probably would have waited a few months. The need for Acrobat 8 on short notice just accelerated my plan. Well it seems Adobe “underestimated” how quickly the CS3 Web and Design bundles would sell, though I’m not sure I believe that. They’re backed up because it’s just sooo hard to burn a DVD and print a box? Any place that had any copies sold them out in a flash and is waiting to receive more, but nobody has any idea when a shipment might come in. This feels like a manufactured shortage, Nintendo Wii-style, to keep demand high.

I really did plan to buy CS3 Web, but probably would have waited a few months. The need for Acrobat 8 on short notice just accelerated my plan.

]]> By: Ian Lloyd http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Ian Lloyd Thu, 03 May 2007 11:25:21 +0000 http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2007/05/cs3-hoops/#comment-1357 Crikey, you really have jumped through some crazy hoops here. Methinks you got carried away, Craig. Be careful and never take up gambling - your determination will end up losing the shirt off your back :-D Crikey, you really have jumped through some crazy hoops here. Methinks you got carried away, Craig. Be careful and never take up gambling – your determination will end up losing the shirt off your back :-D

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