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Adobe has launched Spark in a hope that its graphics software can be tooled for the mobile age. Launched as part of the backup-gobbling service Creative Cloud, Spark is intended to embiggen the San Jose-based business's animation suite, although it's still only available on iOS. It rebrands some of the company's apps from …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Solves only one of two problems.

    Not Flash, but still Adobe :)

  2. Mage Silver badge

    Meh

    Sometimes "free" is too expensive.

    I only buy clothes with out logos or names on the outside.

  3. A Non e-mouse Silver badge

    Spark

    Good job another company hasn't recently launched a new service called "Spark".

    1. Andy 73 Silver badge

      Re: Spark

      And not to be confused with Apache Spark either..

      1. Deltics
        FAIL

        Re: Spark

        Or a national telco. https://www.spark.co.nz/

        1. VinceH

          Re: Spark

          Or an old compressed filing system for RISC OS.

          1. Dabooka
            Coat

            Re: Spark

            Are you trying to say this town isn't big enough for both of them to coexist?

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Its Adobe

    So what other unrelated, unwanted and unnecessary shit will it try to instal with a conveniently pre-ticked "install parasiteware" check box?

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Its Adobe

      I'm not sure that the Apple walled-garden allows that sorta thing on iOS.

      Ah well... I remember this animation lark when it was still Macromedia Director. 4MB RAM and a beach ball.

  5. Oengus

    The more things change...

    When a Spark ignites something you get a Flash.

    Will this be Flash Mk II?

  6. myhandler

    Is it a rehash of their HTML5 thing Edge ? That produces enormously bloated files

    (I was a Macromedia Director user too - gone backwards we have..)

  7. Pseudonymous Diehard

    Decepticons

    Adobe better hope their Spark isnt the one Megatron is after and if Megatron is after it he better have good malware protection.

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