![]() Plus it looks like Quark will be out of the game soon, so even though they had some of the right ideas, they may finally get their “come-uppance.” Except for Tim Gill’s first accomplishments, Quark’s timing and execution have been poor. The trading of graphic elements, data, and text from print to the Web is ramping up to full swing. And the Web and print documents really are starting to converge. While Macromedia’s efforts have been stellar, their products don’t integrate well with the printed-page. But quite frankly, as capable and reliable as Adobe’s tools are, they have become very complex and often get in the way of the creative process. ![]() Those are what we need from you.Īdobe has delivered very capable, standards-setting tools over the years, and some developments, like Adobe Version Cue and the Creative Suite integration, hold promise. Yet there are still two huge missing elements - ease of use and simple integration. Everything that can be done in the graphic arts has been able to be done on a Mac with Adobe software for some time now. Once Apple and Adobe firmly established PostScript as the standard, we all benefited from rapid tool development and huge capabilities gains. But we need Apple now more than ever, and I am certain there’s financial opportunity still to be had. To some extent they have, and I can understand why you might find the topic of page-layout and image-creation pretty boring. ![]() It must have been a lot of fun.īut that was 21 years ago, and it may seem like the graphic arts and publishing worlds have long been conquered. Your instincts and persuasiveness at that time altered Adobe’s direction and assured development of the software tools we have today. I’d like to suggest that for a brief moment you take yourself back to those meetings at the Good Earth Restaurant in 1983 where you, Chuck Geschke and John Warnock hatched a plan that would completely change the page-layout and design industries. Apple’s recent success in the video and music areas has been satisfying to watch, knowing that it was here, in the page-layout world, that the Macintosh found its considerable voice. All of us in the creative community owe you and the Apple team a big “thank you” for giving us tools that aid creativity instead of hinder it. Congratulations on the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh.
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