Improved Integration
Adobe has built on the integration strengths of previous versions of Creative Suite and assembled ties among the different programs. For instance, you can edit a graphic in Contribute by right-clicking on the image and selecting "Edit in Fireworks." Fireworks opens, you edit and save, return to Contribute and the page updates with the changes you made in Fireworks. Or you can create a project in Photoshop, and then import it seamlessly into Flash.
There are lots of such hooks. In addition, Acrobat provides a means of distributing content for review using the PDF format to distribute content for review, while Acrobat Connect, the online meeting tool, enables a group of people to work together to brainstorm or edit site designs and content (after paying a yearly subscription fee).
What's more, Adobe has established a standard check-in/check-out routine across much of the suite so that two employees can't work on the same document at the same time, and Bridge, the content management tool in CS3, now includes hooks to allow IT to connect to other enterprise content repositories such as Digital Asset Management.
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Improved Apps
However, when all is said and done, Creative Suite 3 lives on the reputation of its individual pieces. Each application still has to prove that it can do the job that its adherents expect it to do.
It comes as no surprise that Macromedia's Dreamweaver beat out Adobe's GoLive as the Web development tool of choice in Creative Suite 3, Web Premium Edition. Dreamweaver has long been a favorite of Web developers, garnering the lion's share of the market over the years.
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This latest version doesn't have anything new that made me really stand up and take notice. One feature I liked, however, is the new Spry concept. Spry offers an Ajax programming framework designed to help Web professionals build Ajax functionality into the site more easily. It also helps you create widgets and effects. I'm by no means a coding professional, but I was able to insert a drop-down menu, switch to code view, and edit the contents in fairly short order. Some of the other Spry elements are more complex, however, and require more programming knowledge.
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