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August 3, 2007 by g.
UPDATE: In comments below, see post by Mark of AuthorwarExtras.co.uk clarifying Authorware’s status as being just “End Of Development (EOD) which is a lot different to End Of Life (EOL).” Thanks Mark!
I have never worked with Authorware but in my years working with the formerly Macromedia technologies, I have come to know several people who have. I am posting this blog entry as a courtesy to help get the word out on Authorware’s official EOL (End Of Life).
The following FAQ came to my attention today:
Adobe plans to discontinue development of Authorware® software
http://www.adobe.com/products/authorware/productinfo/faq/eod/
Before posting this entry I searched on Authorware at the Adobe XML News Aggregator. The most recent post was August 2006, and that was only the third of the 3 posts in the aggregator for all of 2006. That post, by Adobe’s John Dowdell, was entitled “Adobe guidance” and included a link to an Adobe.com page regarding Adobe solutions for eLearning. At that time there was promised “a release in the second half of 2007.” That wasn’t to be and now the product is at end of life. Yes, Adobe will continue to sell Authorware, but no, there will be no updates (not even for IE7 or Vista).
For anyone who has never heard of Authorware and may be interested in learning more, I offer you the following very nice PDF of an issue of The eLearning Developers’ Journal from September 2003 featuring “An Overview of Authorware 7 — and Its Evolution”:
http://www.elearningguild.com/pdf/2/092203dev-h.pdf
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