Adobe Captivate 4

Does anyone have any information on when Adobe plans to
release Captivate 4? Even a general time line would be great - like
2008 or 2009. I'm still on Captivate 2, but I want to upgrade. I'd
hate to upgrade now to version 3 only to have version 4 released in
the next month or two - and have to pay to upgrade again. If,
however, Captivate 4 won't be released till 2009, then I suppose I
should proceed with the upgrade to version 3. Any thoughts?
Thanks!

> Does anyone have any information on when Adobe plans to
release Captivate
> 4?
> Even a general time line would be great - like 2008 or
2009. I'm still on
> Captivate 2, but I want to upgrade. I'd hate to upgrade
now to version 3
> only
> to have version 4 released in the next month or two -
and have to pay to
> upgrade again. If, however, Captivate 4 won't be
released till 2009, then
> I
> suppose I should proceed with the upgrade to version 3.
Any thoughts?
> Thanks!
>
All you can get is speculation, I guess, so I'll add my own.
The public announcements about a CP 4 beta (like this one
http://blogs.adobe.com/silke.fleischer/2008/08/adobe_captivate_4_beta_coming.html)
were made about 6 or 7 weeks ago. I'd guess, from past
experience, it takes
a couple of months for that beta to really get going. After
that you have
anything from 3 months to a year of beta testing before you
see the finished
product.
So, like Rick said, "sometime next year". In your shoes I'd
make the
decision based on what Captivate 3 has to offer today, and
how long you
could live with it or without it ... CP4 will probably bring
new 'must have'
features for you to agonise over.
Steve
http://twitter.com/Stevehoward999
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
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