Adobe to launch FREE online Photoshop in six months
TechCrunch is reporting that Adobe will release a FREE, online edition of Photoshop within six months time. I’m a little iffy on its likely performance (since larger PSD’s gobble up so much RAM), but if it’s a suitable alternative, my journey to the webtop will be near complete. Here’s a list of current software I use online, all the time:
- Email: Gmail.
- Word processing: Google Docs (just wrote my latest 1400 word column on it)
- Spreadsheets: Again, Google Docs.
- Research: FireFox
- Blogging: Blogsmith, WordPress, Blogger, custom Rails blogging software
- Podcasting: Skype (though I have to use local recording software)
- Landline: Vonage. Manage all of my phone settings online
I still use iTunes, Dreamweaver, Fetch (ftp), and Photoshop locally, but I’m all about migrating files and tools online in an effort to make my work flow more accessible from anywhere. How much of a webtop are you currently using?
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Read/WriteWeb posted yesterday on the software for a virtual office.
I wrote it up on Marketing Pilgrim.
Email: Gmail
Word Processing: Can’t decide between Zoho Writer or Google Docs. Zoho seems to have more features, but it’s not as compatible with everything else I do.
Spreadsheets: Google Docs
Research: FireFox
Blogging: Blogger
I’ve been using Photoshop for nearly 11 years now. I also read the news yesterday about the online version. I’m pretty skeptical too – but who knows, Adobe has blown me away many times in the past. I’m holding out hope that they will do it again come fall.