14 DAY TRIAL // Adobe has announced the cancellation of a fledging content and website creation app called Project Rome that the Flash makers had released for a public trial. According to a post on the Adobe forums, the company has ended development efforts on project ROME. The software is still available for download on Mac and Windows, albeit only for commercial use.
Project ROME is an all-in-one content creation and publishing application that enables pretty much anyone to “inject the power of graphics, photos, text, video, audio and animation into everyday projects.”
The product was advertised as a simple, creative environment for handling printed materials and presentations to digital documents and websites.
“Project ROME by Adobe was intended to explore the opportunity and usability of creative tools as software-as-a-service in the education market and beyond,” reads the announcement from Adobe.
“A short public preview of the software has delivered valuable input from our customers regarding what they would expect from an Adobe offering in this space.”
It then reveals that, as Adobe “evaluated customer input, and weighed this product initiative against other projects currently in development,” the company “made the difficult decision to stop development on Project ROME in order to focus resources on delivering tablet applications, which we believe will have significant impact on creative workflows.”
Despite the now-concluded trial of Project ROME for Education, “the commercial version of Project ROME will remain free to the public via Adobe Labs along with other new and emerging innovations, technologies, and products from Adobe.”
“No additional Project ROME software updates are planned at this time,” the company behind the popular Flash Player clarifies.
The company concludes by thanking the Project ROME testers and e educators for their hard work and support on the initiative.
“The feedback and guidance on this project has been invaluable. While Project ROME will not be pursued, the insights and suggestions will help future product development,” Adobe claims.