Adobe and Quark both recently released new versions of their page layout applications: InDesign 2.0 And QuarkXPress 5. Both programs push design software to new levels of functionality, but the question is, will the market care?
Why don't young designers know QuarkXPress? Because the company ignored and failed to invest in Australia, according to Quark's CEO, Ray Schiavone.
Adobe will release Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 Tuesday and has begun working to open the software to third-party programmers.
OS X compatibility could give Adobe Systems a leg up over privately held Quark, which dominates the layout software market.
The publishing-software giant may be gaining ground on its main rival in the page-layout realm as long-time market leader Quark continues to delay support for Apple Computer's OS X.
Upgrade if you're a legacy QuarkXPress user and you want Mac OS X support; otherwise, try Adobe's InDesign.
Even as QuarkXPress implodes, InDesign CS gains features and capabilities that make it the layout application of choice.
The new InDesign CS will hold its own as the document-layout anchor of Creative Suite and as a standalone DTP package, but as a product update, there's little to write home about.
Software maker Quark has announced details of the next version of its QuarkXPress publishing program, a key holdout in supporting Apple's Mac OS X operating system.
Adobe has bundled upgraded versions of its content creation applications into two integrated suites. Read our full reviews.
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