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phrame
Posts: 3/3		 it's "flex". whatever that is.
FreeDOS +
Posts: 1157/1312		 There's an Fx in the center. So what, is Adobe having their own version of Firefox now?
Cynthia
Posts: 5534/5814		 Cool, thanks. I was just looking at some various tech websites and all I saw was the "these icons suck/are unique" arguments.
phrame
Posts: 1/3		 here's what google turned up:
http://stellify.net/visualize-express/adobe-cs3-program-icons-alphabet-soup-on-a-color-wheel-and-what-they-mean/

specifically, here are the abbreviations matched with the names of the programs, with asterisks marking uncertain matches:
AE - After Effects
Ai - Illustrator
Au - Audition
Aw - Authorware
Br - Bridge
CF - ColdFusion
Co - Contribute
Cp - Captivate
Di - Director
Dw - Dreamweaver
En - Encore DVD
FB - Flex Builder*
FH - FreeHand
Fl - Flash
FM - FrameMaker
Fw - Fireworks
Fx - Flex
Gl - GoLive
IC - InCopy
ID - InDesign
JR - JRun/JobReady*
LC - LiveCycle
LR - LightRoom
PM - PageMaker
Pr - Premiere
Ps - Photoshop
RH - RoboHelp
Sb - Soundbooth
VC - Version Cue*

while i don't like the idea of the icons very much, it is somewhat easier to tell different programs apart; with the cs2 icons, photoshop and imageready looked darn near identical.
Cynthia
Posts: 5529/5814		 Oh, and has anyone released a GUIDE to these icons so I know how many apps are in this suite?
HyperHacker
Posts: 4592/5072		 Well how much does Photoshop cost now? About as much as a decent used car?

Funny that they charge so much for a PDF creator when OpenOffice does it for free. Speaking of free, FoxIt is a nice PDF viewer that doesn't suck balls.
Cynthia
Posts: 5523/5814		 And even then you can only use the reader to, you know, READ stuff. I remember when Acrobat itself cost... well... more than I could afford.
MathOnNapkins
Posts: 1025/1106		 Well of course it sucks balls, it's probably the only free thing they make.
Simon Belmont
Posts: 1261/1773
Originally posted by Alice
Adobe's PDF viewer sucks balls.

Understatement of the universe
HyperHacker
Posts: 4551/5072
Originally posted by Metal Man88
Flash brought nothing but bad advertisements into the world for me, and Adobe brought nothing but bloated documents and system-crashing memory leaks to me, so generally I'd go beyond the icons and say Adobe sucks, especially for making software far more expensive than I can afford.

But these icons... Gah! I wouldn't like them even if I liked adobe.

Flash has some useful applications, and Photoshop is nice. However, I agree with you that the person who decided Flash should be embeddable in web pages needs to be tortured and Adobe's PDF viewer sucks balls.
Guy Perfect
Posts: 425/451		 Adobe Paint... Just think of the ramifications! Ready your mob adornments!
Simon Belmont
Posts: 1260/1773		 I think I'll stick to paint.
Metal Man88
Posts: 576/701		 Flash brought nothing but bad advertisements into the world for me, and Adobe brought nothing but bloated documents and system-crashing memory leaks to me, so generally I'd go beyond the icons and say Adobe sucks, especially for making software far more expensive than I can afford.

But these icons... Gah! I wouldn't like them even if I liked adobe.
Tarale
Posts: 2554/2713
Originally posted by emcee
It seems like a company known for its graphic design software could come up with better icons then squares with letters in them.


Hey hey hey!! Give them a little more credit than that!! It has a gradientish thing too

But yes.... I thought an "icon" -- as far as computer stuff goes -- is supposed to be a small, graphical representation of what the application is -- ie, a Photo program might have a little camera. I fail to see what is "graphical" about this -- it's text! And not even descriptive text!!

There surely would be a way to design/unify the Macromedia and Adobe icons so that they are clearly identifiable both as a set AND have some individual significance... right?
emcee
Posts: 760/867		 It seems like a company known for its graphic design software could come up with better icons then squares with letters in them.
D 2007
Posts: 418/497		 These icons prove one thing:

Stupid is the new "smart".
drjayphd
Posts: 1105/1170		 ...what the ef mang. Good thing we only use CS2 in the office. My editor's head would... how you say, asplode?
Shadic
Posts: 451/528		 Not sure about most of them, but I definitely like the old Photoshop and Illustrator icons better.
Cynthia
Posts: 5514/5814		 Nice design, horrible implementation. I mean... what's wrong with an icon that shows you what the software does or has a snazzy logo?

I couldn't name three-quarters of those apps.
HyperHacker
Posts: 4527/5072
Originally posted by Tarale
For example -- "Ai" = Adobe Illustrator?

Makes sense to me. The lowercase i is odd I guess...

It does suck, but I can see why they chose those letters.
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