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| Slogan | What the web can be. |
| Fate | Merged into Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California |
| Successor | Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Location | San Francisco, California (incorporated in Delaware)  United States |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Products | Macromedia Flash Macromedia Fireworks Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Director Macromedia Authorware |
| Key people | Michael Nielsen, Co-Founder |
| Peak size | 1,445 (2004) employees |
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History
Macromedia was formed by the 1992 merger of Authorware Inc. (makers of Authorware) and MacroMind-Paracomp (makers of Macromind Director). Macromedia Authorware (now part of Adobe Systems) is an interpreted Flowchart based graphical Programming language. MacroMind was an Apple Macintosh software company founded in Chicago in 1984 by Marc Canter, Jay Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a media application created by Macromedia &mdashnow part of Adobe Systems.
Director, an interactive multimedia authoring tool widely used to make CD-ROMs and information kiosks, was Macromedia's flagship product until the mid-1990s. Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a media application created by Macromedia &mdashnow part of Adobe Systems. CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable As the CD-ROM market began to decline and the World Wide Web gained in popularity, Macromedia created Shockwave, a Director viewer plugin for Web browsers, but decided it also needed to expand its market by branching out into web-native media tools. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave) was Macromedia 's first and most successful multimedia player prior to the introduction of Macromedia Flash (now
Acquisitions
To jumpstart its web strategy, the company made two acquisitions in 1996. First, Macromedia acquired FutureWave Software, makers of FutureSplash Animator, an animation tool originally designed for pen-based computing devices. FutureWave Software was a software developer and publisher based in San Diego CA FutureSplash Animator was a software product for creating vector -based animations the predecessor of Flash. Because of the small size of the FutureSplash viewer application, it was particularly suited for download over the Web, where most users, at the time, had low-bandwidth connections. Macromedia renamed Splash to Macromedia Flash, and following the lead of Netscape, distributed the Flash Player as a free browser plugin in order to quickly gain market share. Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of Multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company As of 2005, more computers worldwide had the Flash Player installed than any other Web media format, including Java, QuickTime, RealNetworks and Windows Media Player. Java refers to a number of Computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing Application software QuickTime is a Multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc, capable of handling various formats of Digital video, Media clips sound text RealNetworks ( is a provider of Internet media delivery software and services based in Seattle, United States. Windows Media Player ( WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing As Flash matured, Macromedia's focus shifted from marketing it as a graphics and media tool to promoting it as a Web application platform, adding scripting and data access capabilities to the player while attempting to retain its small footprint.
Also in 1996, Macromedia acquired iBand Software, makers of the fledgling Backstage HTML authoring tool and application server. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure In n-tier architecture an application server is a Server that hosts an API to expose Business Logic and Business Processes for use by other Macromedia developed a new HTML authoring tool, Macromedia Dreamweaver, around portions of the Backstage codebase and released the first version in 1997. Adobe Dreamweaver is a Web development application originally created by Allaire Systems who was acquired approximately 1998 by Macromedia and is now owned At the time, most professional web authors preferred to code HTML by hand using text editors because they wanted full control over the source. Dreamweaver addressed this with its "Roundtrip HTML" feature, which attempted to preserve the fidelity of hand-edited source code during visual edits, allowing users to work back and forth between visual and code editing. Over the next few years Dreamweaver became widely adopted among professional web authors, though many still preferred to hand-code, and Microsoft FrontPage remained a strong competitor among amateur and business users. In Computing, hand coding means editing the underlying representation of a Document or a Computer program, when tools that allow working on more sophisticated Microsoft FrontPage (later full name Microsoft Office FrontPage) is a WYSIWYG HTML editor and Web site administration tool from Microsoft
Macromedia continued on the M&A trail and, in December 1999, it acquired traffic analysis software company Andromedia. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Web development company Allaire was acquired in 2001 and Macromedia added several popular server and Web development products to its portfolio, including ColdFusion, a web application server based on the CFML language, JRun, a J2EE application server, and HomeSite, an HTML code editor that was also bundled with Dreamweaver. Allaire Corporation was a Computer software company founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in Minnesota, later headquartered in Cambridge This article is about the computer programming language For the nuclear reactions see Cold fusion. JRun is a J2EE Application server, originally developed in 1997 as a Java Servlet engine by Live Software and subsequently purchased Java Platform Enterprise Edition or Java EE is a widely used platform for server programming in the Java programming language HomeSite is an HTML editor owned by Adobe Systems (formerly owned by Allaire and Macromedia)
In 2003, Macromedia acquired Web conferencing company Presedia and continued to develop and enhance their Flash-based online collaboration and presentation product offering under the brand Breeze. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional (formerly Macromedia Breeze) is software used to create information and general presentations online training materials web conferencing Later that year, Macromedia also acquired help authoring software company eHelp Corporation, whose products included RoboHelp & RoboDemo (Now Captivate). RoboHelp is a Help authoring tool (HAT created by the EHelp Corporation and now owned by Adobe Systems following the acquisition of Macromedia Adobe Captivate is an Electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows which can be used to author software demonstrations software simulations branched scenarios Many of the developers of RoboHelp went on to form MadCap Software which is a competitor in the help-authoring space. MadCap Software is an American Computer software firm headquartered in San Diego California.
Purchase
On April 18, 2005, Adobe Systems announced an agreement to acquire Macromedia in a stock swap valued at about $3. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California A stock swap, also known as a share swap, is a business Takeover or Acquisition in which the acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired 4 billion on the last trading day before the announcement. The acquisition was consummated on December 3, 2005, and the companies' operations, networks, and customer care organizations were integrated shortly thereafter. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1].
Products
For the future of Macromedia please look to Adobe Systems for more information about the new structures of Adobe/Macromedia. The following is a list of Macromedia products Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California
See also
- Macromedia software
External links
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