Breaking News: Lawsuit Judgement Against Macromedia Results in Changes in HomeSite Interface

 
May 22, 2002

We had covered the Adobe/Macromedia lawsuits, and Adobe's victory in the first round, in issue 108 (Adobe Wins Macromedia Patent Suit). Now, it appears that the real-life repercussions of that lawsuit are first coming to fruition. The interface for HomeSite has been changed as a result of the judgement in favor of Adobe. Here are the new changes in HomeSite+, as stated in the HomeSite+ Release Notes:

The following interface changes are in effect for this release:

  • All QuickBar tabs are displayed by default and individual tabs cannot be removed.
  • The QuickBar can be undocked and moved, but individual QuickBar tabs cannot be.
  • The right-click toolbars menu is disabled. You can use the Options > Customize dialog box to change the toolbutton display on toolbars and to add custom toolbuttons and toolbars.
  • The Resources window can be undocked and moved, but individual Resources tabs cannot be.
  • The default order of the Resources window tabs cannot be changed.
  • The default display and position of the Standard, Edit, View, Tools, and Debug toolbars cannot be changed.
Thank you to Erki Esken and to Vernon Viehe, Macromedia Community Manager, for bringing this to our attention. You can find more information about HomeSite+ in the HomeSite Release notes below. We will keep you apprised of what happens with the lawsuit as this news story unfolds:

HomeSite Release Notes (known issues)

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