vga256, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to edmonton

i've been sitting on this gem for 25 years. i think it's time.

so back in 1997, i was a first-year undergrad and dial-up was finally rolling out to the general public in most of canada.

with every new welcome package, u of a students received a 25 page manual on setting up smtp/pop for eudora lite, and a copy of netscape navigator.

the Computing and Network Services department decided that the best way to onramp students to the world wide web was via an interactive multimedia tutorial for win95 and macOS that they built themselves with macromedia director

last year an old buddy was cleaning out his basement, and he found his NetSurf '97 CD. couldn't resist capturing some of the 👌 performance by virtual paul

we all wish him well 🙏

#macromedia #multimedia #1990s #worldWideWeb #yeg

naufraghi, 3 months ago to random Italian

Non ricordavo di avere un CD originale di #macromedia. Il timbro air mail dice: San Francisco 1998. Bellissimi i system requirements 🪟95, 16MB RAM. Chi sa perché ce l'ho, non ricordavo di aver comprato né Flash né Dreamweaver, ma li adoravo.

#BlastFromPast

gamingonlinux, 5 months ago to gaming

ScummVM expands support for Macromedia Director https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/scummvm-expands-support-for-macromedia-director/

#ScummVM #Macromedia #Gaming #RetroGaming

vga256, 5 months ago to random

now to wear this for the next 10 years waiting for that 1/1000000 person to recognize it on the street

#macromedia

vga256, 5 months ago to random

ever since the demise of #macromedia director and flash, the web became a far less interactive place.

html5/js were supposed to be their edgy replacements, and instead became delivery methods for the same old static text we've seen since the early days.

before the graphical #worldwideweb was even around, the Mackerel Stack was a popular hypercard (supercard) stack released on floppy in the early 90s. it provided the kinds of interactivity that flash and director popularized online several years later.

i love dave groff's reflections on the creation of the stack, along with a short non-interactive recording of him goofing around with it

http://davegroff.net/Mackerel.html

darktable, 1 year ago to random

I suspect we'll be seeing some new faces soon.

Welcome!

We don't want your money and we can't take software away from you.

You own darktable just as much as anyone else 😍

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

rysiek, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

This is your irregular reminder #Adobe are fucking dicks:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

> Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

We need #FLOSS tools to get to the point where they can replace Adobe tools. Open alternatives are great, but they are sadly not there yet to replace Adobe tools for professionals.

And won't be unless projects like @inkscape get enough funding to develop to a point of being viable alternatives.

Yes, it is in no small part about the money.