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August 07, 2005
Studio 8 - It's Official
That's right- Studio 8 has just been announced and I, for one, am really excited to see this release get out the door and into everyone's hands shortly. It's a big update, so I'd recommend kicking off your infosurfing at the Studio 8 product site (http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/), and then following the links from there to more detail in the respective Studio 8 product sections (Flash 8, Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 8, Contribute 3 and Flash Paper 2).
Now once you've read through all the shiny new features and updates- you'll want to get the official dirt on Studio 8 and it's development process right from the source- each of the Studio product managers have published articles on the new features in their respective products, with a peek into the overall development process courtesy of Jim Guerard, our VP of product management/marketing for Studio.
- Jim Guerard : Putting the Customer First with Studio 8
- Mike Downey : Flash Professional 8
- Jennifer Taylor : Dreamweaver 8
- Maureen Keating : Fireworks 8
- Lucian Beebe : Flex 1.5 and Flash Player 8
Also, to help shine some light on some of the new and updated functionality you can expect in Studio 8, I'll start publishing a single Studio product feature each weekday here on my weblog, counting down to the day Studio 8 starts shipping out. The first of these 'featurelets' will go out later today, so keep posted...
Posted by sfegette at August 7, 2005 08:50 PM
Comments
Hey, would you happen to know if Flash 8 is going to support native file upload/browse support?
Thanks!
Posted by: CJ at August 8, 2005 04:39 PM
Hey, CJ-
If I recall correctly, Flash Player 8 (Maelstrom) adds support for file *upload/download* - similar to Central's model - but not file *read/write*. So... it sounds like a portion of the APIs you're after are indeed supported in the new Player. HTH!
Posted by: Scott Fegette at August 8, 2005 06:21 PM
Goodbye Freehand and Hello FlashPaper 2! I feel like a kid on Xmas again. I just cannot wait to hit the boss up for this tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Dan Jallits at August 8, 2005 09:06 PM