Quark Flashes!
Recognizing that the dissemination of information cannot be limited to print alone, Quark been hard at work growing their traditional publishing market into Flash™, interactive and web-based media. Quark’s had a tough go of it however, competing against Adobe’s Creative Suite and it’s full compliment of cross-media authoring tools isn’t easy. In response to this [...]
Online resources for designers
Creativity on demand is a tough regime day after day! Even the very best designer can sometimes need a little inspiration to get those concepts kick started, or some fresh ideas for that next Photoshop project. Macworld magazine’s website has an excellent little piece highlighting five essential websites for designers. Additionally, both Quark and Adobe have their own online design [...]
Several species of small furry animals…
… gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict! Or so the Roger Waters song went from the landmark 1969 Pink Floyd album, Ummagumma. Of course, that really doesn’t have anything to do with my magazine article, except that it does nicely parallel the theme. The article is about the decline of the Quark-o-don and the [...]
Adobe & Quark: Two different approaches to a shrinking market…
Besides being a technology freak, i’ve also been involved in design and the graphic arts for as long as I can remember. For that reason, both Quark and Adobe have co-existed on my hard drive for several years. In the beginning Quark Xpress ruled the professional page layout market with an iron fist, but after [...]
What’s New – This Week’s Software Updates
Not the biggest-ever week in software as far as new releases and updates, however there are a few of note… Quark XPress 8.01 MAC/WIN Anyone involved in graphic design and prepress has been following the fortunes of Quark these past years as they strive to reclaim market-share from arch-enemy Adobe. My review in the August [...]


