Adobe to provide web version of Photoshop

How much does this position pay? I don't work for free.

Seriously, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what's Apple-centric and what's not Just use common se-- ...nevermind.

Ned, give me your appropriate content algorithm and I'll do my darndnest to implement it in place of my editorial judgement, since it's so obviously flawed and inadequate to the task at hand.

So far we've established that software news about "leading Mac retouching application from key ISV" migrating to "free web tool with same branding" doesn't meet your criteria for Apple-related content. So, if Sony introduces a new online music store -- OK by you? If TiVo or Slingbox intro something that parallels AppleTV's feature set (Sling already has, BTW) -- does that meet your editorial standards? Vista adoption slowed by upgrade costs, leading IT departments to reconsider alternative platforms -- on target?

Just let us know. I'll be over here working on some irrelevant posts having nothing to do with Apple because I really, really need the cash.

Why don't you start posting about Yahoo or Google news that don't have any Apple-specific details since it's cross-platform and it's free? There's a million and one tips right there. TUAW Bloggers rejoice at your wealth of content!

Because at the end of the day, it's an Apple Blog. It's an Apple Apple Apple blog. Get it now?

@ Ned

Let us consider the alternative - Mr. Rose comes upon this news and decides not to report it. As a result, the many of the TUAW readers do not learn that Adobe plans on making this online software available (I'd like to make an uneducated guess that most readers don't follow other computer news outlets). Perhaps this software is potentially helpful to many of these aforementioned readers, especially considering that the software is free. However, since Mr. Rose was trying so hard to satisfy disgruntled readers who can't stand the fact that he would have the audacity of taking fifteen seconds out of their day, we get screwed.

Honestly, how much harm does it do?

We should really put this "Photoshop on the Web" misconception to rest. All Adobe's doing is muddying the waters with their "Photoshop" brand, applying it to new products that are not Photoshop like they did with Lightroom.

Their new web application will not be a web version of Photoshop (as any Photoshop users know and understand the product). It will be some kind of slimmed down photo editing suite that runs in a web page and uses Flash.

"A Web version of Adobe Elements" is probably a more accurate name for it.

Ned, I understand that you don't see the connection of a Photoshop-related post on TUAW. Leaving aside the fact that this story was reported heavily this week on everything from MacNN to PowerPage and MacFixit, my rationale for posting it was that many Mac users are heavy Photoshop users; if Adobe is offering a free version, regardless of platform, that's Mac news. Note that we often post about the ABSENCE of a product version for the Mac, so a cross-platform or Web release is relevant too.

As far as your "lame posts are inevitable as long as bloggers are paid per post" comment... well, I won't speak for my colleagues here, but I can say for myself that I'm not in this for the money. Nor, apparently, am I in it for the positive feedback and constant affirmation of the readership. :-)

Mars - Your reasoning would be great if it wasn't an Apple-specific weblog but again, it's an Apple weblog. Not a people-running-all-operating-systems weblog. Slow news day does NOT excuse lame posts. But because the bloggers here are paid per post, it seems futile to suggest it..

@Mars -- I doubt that Adobe's online Photoshop will not be implemented in AJAX. Flash 9/Actionscript is the likely platform, so theoretically it would be browser-independent.

They've said it will be free/ad-supported, like the existing Adobe Remix:

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9689909-2.html?tag=blog

@Ned

Because it's interesting news for people running all operating systems... Apple included. If you had news that was more Apple relevant on a slow Saturday afternoon I'm sure they would have gladly accepted you tip ( http://www.tuaw.com/tips/ )

Either be happy with other people's insight or add some of your own.

My question is how well will a program like photoshop run in Safari. It seems like the few AJAX websites that support the big 'S' do so 6 months to a year after the fact. Is this because Safaris AJAX implimentation is different, or because the browser identifier scripts simply don't like you if you're not IE or Firefox?