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the Illustrator guy was in Palo Alto and approachable .. at the time the feedback was that the interface interactions were not great .. hard to say now, but Fre
by mistrial9 2y ago
the Illustrator guy was in Palo Alto and approachable .. at the time the feedback was that the interface interactions were not great .. hard to say now, but Freehand became popular quickly, then folded.
- pmcjones 2y agoMike Schuster, who by the way is a superb programmer.
- mannyv 2y agoFreehand still hasn't been beat, even after all these years. Never did like Illustrator, but like everyone learned to use it once Freehand bit the dust.
- yelling_cat 2y agoI hadn't thought about Freehand in a decade and now I'm angry at Adobe for killing it all over again. It never got in your way and let you fully focus on your work. Illustrator never lets you forget that you're using a tool to create things like Freehand did.
- p_l 2y agoIs there some good summary somewhere? I remember having, ahem, access to both as a teen but Illustrator had more brand effect behind it.
- yelling_cat 2y agoThis mid-'90s time capsule and the decade-plus of comments below it summarize how a lot of Freehand users felt about the program: https://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/illustrator-v-freehand.html https://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/illustrator-v-freehand.html.