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Post your comments for Adobe will issue free security patches for high-profile Creative Suite apps here

[Casademike]

Really waiting for someone to create a great a great app to design websites with. The day that launches will be the day I bid Adobe adieu.

[HomerJones]

You better watch out Adobe. The Apaches are coming!

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Casademike, on 12 May 2012 - 05:36 AM, said:

Really waiting for someone to create a great a great app to design websites with. The day that launches will be the day I bid Adobe adieu.

I know that Dreamweaver does a lot of things. Particularly when it comes to back end stuff. But for designing web sites I am currently using Expresso. Hands down a much better streamline tool for achieving the CSS look you need. Coda is actually very good too. Now I go weeks without even opening Dreamweaver. Coda and Expresso have taken over 65% of my web development.

[whitedog]

Not to patch these vulnerabilities, whatever they are, would be a serious breach of faith on Adobe's part. Fortunately, this time at least, wiser heads prevailed - though it shouldn't take an Internet uproar to wise them up.

[RichL]

Casademike, on 12 May 2012 - 05:36 AM, said:

Really waiting for someone to create a great a great app to design websites with. The day that launches will be the day I bid Adobe adieu.

Amen to that!!

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whitedog, on 12 May 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:

Not to patch these vulnerabilities, whatever they are, would be a serious breach of faith on Adobe's part. Fortunately, this time at least, wiser heads prevailed - though it shouldn't take an Internet uproar to wise them up.

When the folks that only care about profit take over, the only way is public uproar. It is unfortunate that Adobe is been, for quite some time, focused on only milking there customer base. Meanwhile, Apple is giving them a headache by producing incredible software at an accessible price. I know that Adobe needs to make a profit to stay viable, but this subscription thing, their draconian upgrade policies and DRM implementation, have left me, a long time Adobe user, wishing for an alternative to there software. What Adobe should be focusing on is in creating insanely good software, not dreaming up schemes on how to profit further from there monopolistic position. Adobe, just remember, Quark was king once.

[johndrake]

Oh, that is so generous of them! Make users pay for an upgrade that fixes vulnerabilities?! WTF
Adobe has had their collective head up their keaster for so long now that they have lost all sense of reality, at least for the moment they seem to have come up for a breath of air!

[Kuril]

I wish they'd fix their major crash-causing bugs in CS5 if the software is still under "support". Their model is trying to push what it means to be supported in favor of forcing upgrades for bug fixes and new features that... Uh... Cause new major bugs. Long term bug patch support please -- it's standard practice! Even on $1.00 apps!

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Kuril, on 13 May 2012 - 06:57 AM, said:

I wish they'd fix their major crash-causing bugs in CS5 if the software is still under "support". Their model is trying to push what it means to be supported in favor of forcing upgrades for bug fixes and new features that... Uh... Cause new major bugs. Long term bug patch support please -- it's standard practice! Even on $1.00 apps!

I agree. I like to add that what incentive does one have to move to the CS6 if it's still going to be crash prone, like CS5.5. Think about it, then they will be pushing 7 or 6.5, augmenting that it will alleviate CS6 instabilities? Fix your software before releasing new features. Stability trumps features in my book. The problem is that stability does not sell new version, features do. Quite the contrary, it my work against them if they make it too stable. People won't want to upgrade then.

[SalarymanRyan]

Looks like Adobe is testing the waters on how the public will react if they force people to upgrade to CS6 by not releasing the patch to their older software. I guess they were hoping if they could get away with it. Shame!

[peteraltschuler]

CS 6 has a slew of improvements, but I won't be upgrading. It's not because security holes are being fixed in the version I have -- CS 5.5. It's because I just installed the software in early March and, unlike most other vendors that let recent purchasers upgrade for free if they bought the software within 3 to 6 months of an upgrade, Adobe's timeframe is only six weeks. That's a monopolist's attitude. If any other developer is willing to make an investment in a similar suite of tools (which is possible in a world that now considers cloud-based apps viable) then Adobe's "do it our way" mindset is likely to persuade a considerable number of people to consider other brands.