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Download it today!

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Adobe now has a way you can give ideas and feedback on a select number of their products. Currently you can "Post Ideas" or "View Ideas" from the following products:

Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Builder
Adobe Flash Catalyst
Adobe Flash Professional
Adobe Flex SDK
Adobe WorkflowLab

Personally, I think this is a great idea to get a pulse on feedback from the actual users of the product. Sometimes software companies feel they know best on what the users want, and websites like this would help confirm same. However, and more likely, it would give insight into ideas that the company may have never thought of themselves. The only criticism I have is that they only feature six products, out of more than 100 of their current products. The more noticeably missing is Photoshop and ColdFusion. Hopefully, this is just the beginning and they are gearing up to add their flagship products.

Check out the site today and leave a great idea: http://ideas.adobe.com/

Adobe has just announced the launch date of the new Creative Suite 5 (CS5). The event will take place on April 12th, 2010, at 9am PDT or 11am EDT. You can reserve your spot today for the event by visiting the URL below. The site below will also have sneak peek videos and social media updates, so check back often.

The site is located at: http://cs5launch.adobe.com

I am pleased to have been on the team, along with Wrecking Ball Media, to design and build the site. We had the pleasure of using Adobe technologies, including ColdFusion, Photoshop and the rest of the Creative Suite products.

Check the site out today!

I'm pleased to announce, while working with the great Wrecking Ball Media Team and other numerous fantastic people at Adobe, today we launched the Adobe Creative Suite Buzz Hub:

http://csbuzz.adobe.com/



The site will be a focal point for updates and videos related to Creative Suite. Check it out and let me know what you think.

The wonderful Kush Amerasinghe wrote an article that was just posted on Adobe Edge regarding building AdobeTV. The article is more technical and provides insight into the Adobe technology behind the site. Definitely worth the read:

http://bit.ly/AdobeTVEdge

After building hundreds and hundreds of samples, we are rapidly approaching the first release of the Tour de ColdFusion.

Be sure to start getting any samples you would like to include in the Tour ready. We will be posting instructions for submitting your samples shortly. Our goal is to show both current and new developers the power of ColdFusion and everything that is possible.

Lastly, in addition to the Tour de ColdFusion Google Group, we have created a Twitter account where we will be making announcements and updates: http://twitter.com/tourdecf

I'm surprised how many people I talk to who aren't aware of Adobe Browser Lab.

You can view the site here: http://browserlab.adobe.com/

It currently lets you type in a URL and compare that in different browsers, including FireFox 2.0, IE 6.0, Chrome, Safari and all the modern browsers. The site works very well and is relatively fast. Very useful if you don't have access to an older browser but need to check a site layout.

They have an especially nice feature, the "Onion Skin View" that lets you overlay one browser over another and shift between them to see the differences.

The only downside is that this is only for display purposes and none of the functionality (i.e. JavaScript) works. It would be awesome to be able to test JavaScript in the different browsers.

Maybe in Version 2.0?

ColdFusion Builder Beta2 will expire on January 1st, 2010. Beta3 is out and free to upgrade. I recommend upgrading early so you aren't trying to download the update on the same day everybody else who forgot.

Direct link to update: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_coldfusionbuilder