CS5.5 Web Premium / Reviews
Industry reviews
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MicroFilmmaker
"The effort brought forth by Adobe for Flash CS 5.5 is not only focused, but substantial for the mobile development initiative."
"Ultimately, making the choice to move up half notch to 5.5 will make developer’s lives a lot easier to reach more media devices than ever before."
Michael J. Muwanguz, MicroFilmmaker Magazine, June 1, 2011
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About.com (Web Design)
"HTML5 has much better support in Dreamweaver CS5.5."
Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com, May 14, 2011
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Cyber News & Reviews
Last year they introduced their better than ever version CS5, and now just a 6 months plus later, they are offering their new and improved version CS5.5.
Howard Berenbon, Cyber News & Reviews, August 2011
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BlogCritics
Adobe has released its latest version of the Adobe Creative Suite which brings a lot of new features including breakthroughs in HTML5 authoring and mobile application development.
T. Michael Test, BlogCritics, May 21, 2011
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The Seybold Report
"With the acquisition of Macromedia Dreamweaver and Contribute, Adobe has staked its claim in the Web design and management world."
John Parsons, "Adobe Creative Suite 4: A Publisher’s Guide to the Galaxy," The Seybold Report,October 9, 2008
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Renderosity
"Overall , this is a bold, beautiful, and solid release from Adobe. There is something for everyone to be excited about, and the workflow enhancements alone make this upgrade seriously worth thinking about."
Nick Sorbin, Renderosity,September 29, 2008
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In Magazine
"Creative Suite 3 Web Premium is the complete set of essential tools if you are serious about bringing your creative vision to the web. It is the best value for both capability and price offering comprehensive interactive design and development for the web...."
Roy Webb, In Magazine,September 10, 2007
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NewTechReview
"Not only is the [Web Premium] a professional package, it provides a well-integrated set of tools that covers every aspect of the web development process."
Scott Garrigus, NewTechReview,July 25, 2007
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CNET
"If you rely on Adobe software for digital animation, then CS4 is worth the plunge, more so than CS3 was. Flash takes a big leap forward by slashing the steps required to build animation. Dreamweaver beefs up tools for CSS sites and feels more stable than its predecessors."
Lori Grunin and Elsa Wenzel
CNET 11/26/2008
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HOW
"The key applications — Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks — now work together more efficiently, and most creatives will welcome the numerous other enhancements....There's certainly room for improvement, but for the most part this appears to be a solid upgrade to an essential set of design tools."
Stephen Beale, HOW,August 2007
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Digital Output
"The new Adobe Creative Suite 3 collections recognize and are strengthened by a number of comments from consumers, improving on software that is already industry standard."
Kim Crowley, Digital Output,June 2007
Awards
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Jolt Product Excellence Awards: Mobile and Web Development
Award: Jolt Product Excellence Awards: Mobile and Web Development
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Visual Studio Magazine
Reader's Choice Award: Web Design & Development Tool
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Software Development Magazine Jolt Awards
Productivity Award: Web Development Tools Contribute® 3
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Software Development Magazine Jolt Awards
Award: Best Web Development Tool
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CRN
Award: 4 out of 5 rating
Customer testimonials
"Our strategy is to create unique, branded experiences for each hotel while keeping them creatively differentiated in the same market. Using Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium software, we can create compelling digital experiences that drive revenue in a competitive industry."—Stephen Gates, senior creative director for digital, motion and video, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
"The code hinting feature in Adobe Flash Professional CS5 is a big time saver. It eliminates the need to dig down through secondary files to figure out what’s been done and make corrections to code, helping us complete projects more quickly and accurately."—Ian MacDowell, web developer, Burton
"We're on Macs trying to design for PCs with Internet Explorer 6. The integration of Adobe BrowserLab with Dreamweaver CS5 is invaluable because it saves time and eliminates the need to load content on various computers for testing."—Andy Hughes, lead web designer, Mutual of Omaha
"When Adobe introduced Live Code View in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, it not only made it a more powerful programming and design tool – it made it a better teaching tool. New enhancements in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 like Live View navigation and enhanced CSS tools take this to a whole new level that will excite both faculty and students."—Bob Flynn, manager of IT community partnerships, Indiana University
"With Adobe Flash Professional CS5, powerful text layout features are completely integrated. It’s now much faster and easier to place text elements on the stage, giving us greater control and more creative freedom."—Colin Holgate, senior programmer, Funny Garbage
"The ability to save uncompressed XML-based FLA source files in Adobe Flash Professional CS5 will enable us to have a directory that contains all assets that our designers can access, so we can all work more collaboratively to deliver the best possible result for our clients."—Kaiyi Wong, lead Flash developer, The Visionaire Group
"The ability to actually play video on the stage in Adobe Flash Professional CS5 will give students instant access to their videos. As well, they can make critical interface decisions without first having to test their video project."—Tom Green, multimedia professor, school of media studies and information technology, Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning - Toronto
