The ongoing feud between Apple and Adobe has received a new twist today as Adobe’s founders have posted an open letter, aptly named “thoughts on openness” – declaring their love for Apple, all the while attacking Apple’s policies that are taking away freedom of choice. The feud began after Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, posted his thoughts on Flash and why we will never see it on an iPhone or iPad. The post basically pointed out that Flash remains completely controlled by Adobe, it is not needed on the web anymore and that Flash is a virus magnet. You can see the original post by Jobs here….

Fresh in from the historical inevitability department comes news of a failed Adobe Flash demo — and an all-new video clip showing what the proprietary multimedia standard can do on an Android phone. Last week’s FlashCamp Seattle saw Flash Platform evangelist Ryan Stewart demo Flash Player 10.1 on a Nexus One phone during his opening keynote. It didn’t go well, wrote blogger, Jeff Croft. Here’s what happened: On his Mac, Ryan pulled up a site called Eco Zoo. It is, seemingly, a pretty intense example of Flash development — full of 3D rendering, rich interactions, and cute little characters….

Adobe and Google, sitting in a tree.. Since Apple’s CEO publicly and thoughtfully destroyed Flash’s chances of ever making it to the iPhone or iPad, Adobe has been looking for a kindred spirit who will champion the need for Flash on a mobile device. A while back we saw a demonstration of Adobe’s 10.1 Flash mobile player running on a Nexus One, but today the plot thickens considerably. Most people now understand that the barriers to Flash on smartphones are at least genuine, legitimate concerns, but what about a tablet device? Who else but Google could Adobe turn to? If the enemy of my enemy is my friend,…

I’ve been using Adobe software for nearly as long as I’ve been using Apple computers, so I fancy myself as ideally positioned to comment on the Apple/Adobe brouhaha that reached new heights last week with Steve Jobs’ open letter about Flash. The thing is, I don’t really want to. To take sides in this debate will only label me as a fanboy or apologist one way or another. These are two companies whose primary goal is to make money – neither acts out of generosity or benevolence. The truth is I love Apple hardware and I use Adobe’s Creative Suite more frequently than any other software. No matter what you…

After watching this video, I’m a little scared. It’s like a quick glimpse into the future as I can see myself getting this excited for the upcoming release of Adobe’s Creative Suite 5. With that being said…… Do I finish up this blog? or do I throw off my Star Wars slippers and run to get my place in line? hmmmm.. Its fun to see that Adobe is finally having some fun and making ‘lightroom’ of this situation. Maybe they got this idea from one of their ‘illustrator’s while he was in the ‘photoshop’ using a ‘flash’ light. But on the serious side of things, one of the amazing new features that comes with Photoshop…

He may have predicted that Apple’s iPad would ‘rule the world’, but the man who invented the notebook concept isn’t happy with Steve Jobs at the moment. Alan Kay is one of the great heroes of the technological revolution we’re still experiencing today. So much so that when Apple introduced the iPad, Jobs took pains to send Kay one as a personal gift. But it isn’t the product that Kay has a problem with – it’s Apple’s determination to control what developers do with it. Apple last week changed the terms of its deal with developers, introducing new clauses which forbid iPhone apps from…

Adobe has ceased development of its tools to export Flash content into a format suitable for the iPhone. “We will still be shipping the ability to target the iPhone and iPad in Flash CS5,” said Adobe’s Mike Chambers. “However, we are not currently planning any additional investments in that feature.” Apple CEO Steve Jobs has previously slammed Adobe as “lazy” and Flash as unsuitable for use on mobile devices. Apple has not enabled Flash playback on the iPhone, pushing the open HTML 5 standard instead. Adobe’s announced cessation of development follows Apple’s decision…

Adobe this morning announced their Creative Suite 5 software, with hundreds of new features and updates, ranging from full 64bit support for Mac users to better stroke control in Illustrator. We’re rounding up the new features and assessing the main apps to help you figure out if this is a must-have upgrade, or a snooze-inducing point-oh release. Photohop CS5 Photoshop is the app that started it all, and while Adobe has grown and evolved, Photoshop is still very much a flagship product. Content-Aware Fill is the big one – if real world usage even comes close to Adobe’s promotional videos it’s going…

Smack bang in the middle of the controversy created by Apple’s change to their iPhone OS SDK agreement, Adobe announces their Creative Suite 5 software. No doubt with a hefty price tag, CS5 aims to widen Adobe’s involvement in your workflow, in part thanks to their purchase of Omniture, which provides content measurement and optimization services. The video, available on Adobe’s CS5 launch site, shows many new features including more on the new magical Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop, an overhaul of the text rendering engine in Flash and perspective control in Illustrator. There is always…

Design geeks are a trendy bunch, and nothing says “Bling” like a set of Adobe CS-themed necklaces. Available on Etsy from QuiteLovable, these necklaces will let everyone know you’re down with the Suite charms of Adobe’s products. Other Adobe extension necklaces include .PSD and .FLA, presumably with other extensions being available. Hopefully you won’t have to purchase the Adobe CS Bridge necklace as a mandatory add-on that has to be worn at all times when any other necklace is being worn, slowing you down to a crawl. Source: John Nack…