A year after it went on sale, Adobe InDesign has seen a disappointing uptake, claims a US research firm.


TrendWatch Partners of Rhode Island found that only 1% of designers and 3% of corporate design departments had switched to InDesign, and 39% of those polled would rather stick with QuarkXpress. A smaller number have bought InDesign, but have yet to use it for production.


Adobe was unavailable for comment as PrintWeek went to press. The application was branded the Quark killer when it was first launched.


Quark European communication manager Gavin Drake said: The figures concur with research I saw before InDesign was launched that the vast majority of QuarkXPress users wouldnt switch.


Adobe has stopped development of its PressReady RIP for desktop ink-jets (PrintWeek, 18 August). It will continue to sell the product, but has ceased development of drivers for new printers.


Adobe launched InScope, a web-based publishing system for workflow and asset management, at Seybold this week. It will supply InScope (formerly known under the code name Stilton) as the basis for third-party developers to integrate into their systems.


Story by Barney Cox