PS is terrible for web design, and guess who spotted that? The makers of Sketch (Hey Extensis? WhereРІР‚в„ўs the Sketch plugin?). When Adobe dropped my beloved web design tool, it forced everyone into Photoshop. Like Extensis, the lengths they go to to ignore their user community are superhuman.Р”В«ut Fireworks? This is where Extensis really needs to pay attention. This is where my contempt for Adobe was born. But, in the end it was killed off and we had to make due with AI. Those of us in the Freehand community at the time viewed it as an anti-trust thing, as there were really no other viable alternatives to Freehand and Illustrator. There was a case to be made for dropping Freehand: It was a direct competitor to Illustrator. Or worse, create new competitors these Goliaths never saw coming. I bring up these corporate decisions to kill off, or handicap products to illustrate what happens when a company stops paying attention to its users and, in the end, lose customers to the competition.

And who can forgot the hubris of QarkXpress in the late РІР‚в„ў90s? () Now theyРІР‚в„ўve kicked Muse to the curb (not that I care about Muse). WeРІР‚в„ўve seen Adobe abandon Freehand and Fireworks after the Macromedia acquisition. We saw the same thing with ExtensisРІР‚в„ў Portfolio (now strictly an enterprise offering). Read onРІР‚В¦Р”Р„fter reverting back to 7 and keeping a watchful eye on this forum for Extensis to set things right, it appears Suitcase in whole, or as a single-user product, may be coming to the end of its life. And after months and months of inaction, what other conclusion can be drawn?Р”В«ear with me, I have a lot to get off my chest. I hope it helps save somebody from SuitcaseРІР‚В¦Р”Р„ common thread in the forums is the observation that Extensis doesnРІР‚в„ўt seem to know how the community uses their software. I have saved this post I made to the Suitcase forum. If youРІР‚в„ўre looking for a font manager, donРІР‚в„ўt invest in Suitcase Fusion 8. As Extensis recently wiped out the user forums, thereРІР‚в„ўs no central place for users or potential customers to get help from the community or to warn of the perils of upgrading to version 8.

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