Just 2 weeks ago at Web2.0 Expo, Kevin Lynch promised that Adobe would create the best tools in the world to author HTML5 and CSS3. Today Adobe is pleased to make a technology release available of the Dreamweaver CS5 HTML5 Pack extension. This extension provides initial support for HTML5 and CSS3 in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, and helps you easily create  HTML5 pages and CSS3 styles.

Available now on Adobe Labs!

Here is Adobe’s Jorge Taylor showing the capabilities of the HTML5 extension pack for Dreamweaver CS5.

AIR 1.1 is out the door and even though this is a dot release, that doesn’t mean there’s not much new to tell. AIR 1.1 includes the following new capabilities:

• Installation and other runtime dialog boxes have been translated into:
  • Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish
• Support for building internationalized applications, including keyboard input for double-byte languages
• Support for localizing the name and description attributes in the application descriptor file
• Support for localizing error messages, such as SQLError.detailID  and SQLError.detailArguments, in the SQLite database
• Addition of Capabilities.languages property to obtain an array of preferred UI languages as set by the operating system
• HTML button labels and default menus, such as context menus and the Mac menu bar,
  have been localized to all supported languages
• Support for certificate migration from a self-signed application to one that chains to a
  certificate of authority (CA)
• Support for Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and support for 64-bit editions of Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise.
• Addition of File.spaceAvailable : API to obtain the amount of disk space available on a disk
• Addition of NativeWindow.supportsTransparency property to determine whether a window can be drawn as transparent by the current operating system
• Bug fixes and memory improvements

To start working with these new capabilities and performance improvements, there are updates available for your favorite development environment.
For Flex Builder, see this Flex Builder Technote.
For Dreamweaver, download the updated version of the Adobe AIR extension for Dreamweaver.
For Flash, follow the instructions in this Flash Technote.

Additionally, Aptana Studio (for AJAX development) is also already updated to support AIR 1.1

Download the updated runtime from http://get.adobe.com/air/. Get more information here (PDF).

It’s always nice to wake up to some goodies to play with. This morning (depending on where you are obviously) we released beta versions of the next versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth on Adobe Labs. These betas should give you some idea of the direction that CS4 is taking.

Notable new features:
New user interface
You’ll see this one across other components of the next version of Creative Suite and I like it very much!

Photoshop Smart Objects
You could already drag and drop PSD files into a Dreamweaver page in CS3 but now these are actual Smart Objects.

Subversion integration
I’m sure some of you will say: “Finally”.

WebKit preview
Dreamweaver now uses WebKit to preview pages in design view. Hoorah! 

More new features on http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/dreamweavercs4/.

Notable new features:
AIR authoring
Make an interactive prototype of your AIR application directly within Fireworks and deploy it as HTML with CSS, Flex or Flash.

Adobe type engine
Fireworks now has the Adobe type engine to produce superior type design in a way that is familiar to Photoshop and Illustrator users.

More new features on http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/fireworkscs4/.
UPDATE: Alan Musselman has an in-depth presentation online where he walks through all the new features Fireworks has to offer.

Notable new features:
Multitrack
This must have been the most requested feature! And yes… Soundbooth is now multitrack!

Matching volume levels
With just one click, Soundbooth analyzes and adjusts the audio levels

More new features on http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/soundboothcs4/.

Go get them at labs.adobe.com! All betas are available for Windows and OSX and will work alongside your CS3 installations. These betas provide you an opportunity to give feedback on the next versions of these applications. If you find a bug or have feedback, make sure you file it on the beta forums.

CyberStudio was the original name of this WYSIWYG web editor by German software company GoLive Systems. In 1999 Adobe bought GoLive Systems and relaunched the web editor under the name GoLive. As you know, Adobe bought Macromedia in 2005 and thus also added Dreamweaver to its portfolio. Today we announced that we are discontinuing the development and sales of GoLive.

I have to be honest and tell you that I’ve never been a big fan of GoLive (I’ve been a Dreamweaver user since day 1) but I know GoLive has a pretty strong userbase. If you are one of them, I’m sure/I hope you’ll appreciate the links I gathered below. These link to helpful information to make the switch from GoLive to Dreamweaver as smooth as possible. And I’m sure you’ll love Dreamweaver just as much. Most of the workflows are more or less the same and as an added bonus, Dreamweaver also has everything on board to make AIR applications right out of the box.

• Switching from GoLive to Dreamweaver CS3 [Adobe.com]
• Migrating from Adobe GoLive CS2 to Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 [Adobe DevNet]
• Migrating from GoLive to Dreamweaver CS3 [Lynda.com]

Update: My evangelist friend and colleague Greg Rewis was part of the company that originally built GoLive and talks about the history of the product and the company behind it.

To make the transition from GoLive to Dreamweaver as smooth as possible, there’s also a special US$199 upgrade offer — a $200 savings off the suggested retail price. Adobe GoLive 6, CS, and CS2 users can purchase this upgrade directly from Adobe or from any Adobe Authorized Reseller. GoLive 5 and 9 customers should contact Adobe Customer Support in their region for assistance with this upgrade.