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San Francisco—April 29, 2002—Macromedia,
Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced Macromedia
Fireworks MX, the easiest way to create, optimize,
and export interactive graphics in a single, web-centric
environment. Fireworks MX is a key component in Macromedia
Studio MX (see
separate release), which combines the latest versions
of market-leading Macromedia tools to provide developers
with a streamlined, integrated product family focused
on increasing developer productivity and return on
investment. A preview release of Fireworks MX is immediately
available for download at www.macromedia.com/go/fwmxdl/.
Fireworks MX delivers a streamlined environment for
creating everything from simple graphical buttons
to sophisticated rollover effects. The new version
simplifies navigation creation with easier pop-up
menu creation and even more control. Users can deliver
both horizontal and vertical JavaScript pop-up menus
that work with tabbed button bar appearances and other
creative layouts, and pop-up menu attributes are all
customizable including spacing, borders, and color
shading. Wizards enable users to quickly create sophisticated
web navigation by automatically generating the graphics
and JavaScript.
Fireworks MX can automatically generate data-driven
graphics by dynamically linking to XML content as
well as automate repetitive graphics creation by connecting
a graphic file with variables to an XML file. Fireworks
MX also features support for XHTML and accessibility,
through the ability to ensure the accompanying XHTML
is Section 508 compliant. Fireworks MX features Roundtrip
XHTML with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.
The product also simplifies the intelligent exporting
of graphics and HTML to leading applications with
a single click, automatically outputting the specific
file formats required for Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver
MX, Macromedia FreeHand, Macromedia Director, and
third-party products. For a complete list of new features
in Macromedia Fireworks MX, visit www.macromedia.com/go/fwmxnew/.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Macromedia Fireworks MX, priced at $299, is expected
to ship in May. Upgrades from previous versions of
Fireworks are $149. Fireworks MX is also included
as part of Macromedia Studio MX, also expected to
ship in May. Fireworks MX will be available in English
in May; with Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish available
at a later date. Macromedia MX seminars will be held
throughout North America, check www.macromedia.com/go/q103prseminar
for more information.
ABOUT MACROMEDIA
Macromedia (www.macromedia.com)
empowers millions of designers and developers to create
effective user experiences across the widest array
of platforms and devices. Through an open, integrated
family of client, tool, and server technologies, Macromedia
is driving a new generation of rich Internet applications
that will radically improve the Internet experience.
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