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Microsoft Unveils New Design Studio

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the helping-coders-make-things-pretty dept.

shibashaba writes "NewsFactor is reporting that Microsoft has just released a new design studio consisting of the Acrylic Graphic Design, Sparkle Interactive Design and Quartz Web Designer Software. Supposedly the goal is not to compete head to head with the proposed Adobe/Macromedia merger but to turn developers into designers. According to Jupiter Research, The days when a designer worked alone have been traded in for an interactive world in which designers often work hand-in-hand with developers. "Microsoft is trying to address what it believes is a legitimate and longstanding problem in the design market."

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  1. ther are quotes and then there are ... by Net+Buoy · · Score: 1, Troll

    "You can look and say that the new product line is a threat to Adobe, but there are so many things that have to happen before it rises to the level of a potential threat," Wilcox said.

    <subtext> "We are currently trying our best to see that those things happen in a timely manner."</subtext>

  2. YAY!!! by mr.dreadful · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now graphics can corrupt my XP box, not just email! Thanks Microsoft!