(April 29, 200) - Macromedia, Inc. announced Macromedia MX, a new integrated family of tool, server, and client technologies for creating rich Internet applications that promise significantly more intuitive, responsive, and effective user experiences across platforms and devices.

Individually, the products in the Macromedia MX family are major new releases that offer designers and developers powerful new functionality for creating effective user experiences across the spectrum of Internet solutions from basic Web sites to complex Web applications. Together, Macromedia MX is the first integrated product family for building rich Internet applications.

Rich Internet applications take advantage of user experiences made possible by rich client technology that extends the capabilities of Web browsers and Internet connected devices. The Macromedia MX family is designed to leverage the capabilities of Macromedia Flash Player, the most widely distributed rich client on the Internet, which is deployed to 98 percent of Web users.

The Macromedia MX product family includes the Macromedia ColdFusion MX server-scripting environment, and a powerful suite of development tools: Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Fireworks MX, and MacromediaFreeHand 10, available together in Macromedia Studio MX.

For more information, see www.macromedia.com.

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