Lots of graphic related news this week.
Most surprisingly,for me anyway, Quark is showcasing its major upgrade, QuarkXPress 8. Called a change that brings the app "into the 21st century" according to Creative Pro the new interface makes it much easier to use.
Too late to save it from a takeover by InDesign? Time will tell.
Set to ship in the next two months, you can check out Gene Gable's first look (with screen shots) over here at the Creative Pro site.
Wouldn't you know, the other big news comes from Adobe.
Monday the graphics giant announced their major Acrobat upgrade, version 9, which includes "native support for Flash and other rich media plus new features for collaboration and sharing". They also launched Acrobat.com, which, according to their site, "is a set of online services  file sharing and storage, PDF converter, online word processor, and Web conferencing  you can use to create and share documents, communicate in real time, and simplify working with others." And it's free.Yahoo News calls Buzzword, Adobe's online word processor, "A Google Docs Killer.
Also in Graphic News, Dick Sutcliff, creator of Claymation animated series Davey And Goliath passed away on May 25th.
I'm Tim Donnelly.
Good night and good news.
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