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Has Quark backed the wrong horse again?
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
It’s an exciting time for publishing, as the arrival of the handheld tablet form factor (aka the iPad) promises to finally usher in the era of wysiwyg, immersive reading alongside traditional web browsing. It looks like the digital dream that print publishers have been crying out for since they first grasped the full potential of the internet – stunning content, global audiences, revenue opportunities and minimal costs – is finally coming true.
More than this, there’s a real element of turmoil and unpredictability at the moment as Steve Jobs’ open war on Adobe and his refusal to support Flash on the market-defining iPad means that Adobe’s plans for the handheld market have hit an unexpected roadblock. In short, the future of design-intensive digital publishing is up for grabs.
All in all it’s a golden opportunity for Adobe’s main publishing rival, Quark, which last week announced the new 8.5 release of its flagship software QuarkXPress.
Tags: adobe, blio, digital design, digital publishing, quark, quarkxpress, XPS
Posted in: Just in, Online business, Random, Rant, Real World Computing
Microsoft’s XPS missing in action?
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Somebody reminded me about the XPS format from Microsoft. This is the XML Paper Specification thing which Microsoft released to be a spoiler to PDF.
Now, I must confess I find Adobe’s pricing model evil. And the PDF format can operate in weird and wonderful ways. But for most people, most of the time, PDF works very well indeed. There was no need for XPS, when Microsoft announced it. There’s still no need for XPS, and I doubt there ever will be a need for XPS.
It has been around for a while now, so you would think it would have gained traction? Out of sheer naughtiness, I visited Microsoft’s homepage and searched for “XPS”, returning 154,000 hits. Search for PDF: 582,000 hits.
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