Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Just saw an Adobe announcement that they plan to discontinue development of Authorware. Goodbye Authorware. Since it was the first multimedia authoring tool I ever used, it certainly is bringing back some memories of some pretty cool work (and headaches). Thanks for the memories.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 23, 2010

My posts around the Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash and my post from a CTO perspective that I Cannot Bet on Flash for new development stirred up quite a bit of response. Remember End of an Era – Authorware – another Macromedia/Adobe product. How valuable are your Authorware scripting skills at this point?

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Raptivity Know ledgePresenter Elicitis DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE Know ledgePlanet On-De man. Altova XMLSpy CustomDoc Macromedia Authorware fro. In-House Development KnowledgePlanet Articulate Adobe Systems, Inc. Articulate Rapid E-Learning S. Adobe Captivate Macromedia Dreamweaver fr. Flashform Rapid eLearning St. Adobe Systems, Inc.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 15, 2008

However, it all settled down to roughly Toolbook, Authorware and IconAuthor. But, I actually think things in the world of traditional online courseware development have become much easier. In the world of J2EE app development, there are incredible standards being worked on all the time. I used to love these tools.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Vision of Future of Application and eLearning Development ) I found myself no longer recommending the use of RoboInfo or other similar programs for reference materials. Boy were they easy to use. It's all pure service. And this experience kept coming all during the year with Wikis, and more ( Incredibly Cool! Enterprise Use.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 25, 2006

Authorware , Toolbook ) to the new generation of WBT authoring tools (e.g., We are seeing a significant shift in development away from mostly creating courseware to creating more-and-more reference materials designed to be just-in-time support. Just when you've made the transition from the prior generation of CBT authoring tools (e.g.,

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