1996


 * January 31: Macromedia Extreme 3D (version 1) is released.
 * February 13: Macromedia ships xRes 2.0 for the Macintosh.
 * April 29: Macromedia Backstage Designer Plus and Backstage Desktop Studio are shipped.
 * May 22: Macromedia xRes 2.0 ships for Windows.
 * June 10: Macromedia Authorware 3.5 is shipped.
 * July 1: Macromedia Backstage Enterprise Studio is shipped.
 * August 28: Future CEO Rob Burgess joins Macromedia.
 * September 4-6: The 7th annual Macromedia User Conference (UCON '96) is held in San Francisco.
 * October 28: Macromedia ships FreeHand Graphics Studio 7.
 * November 1: Rob Burgess becomes president of Macromedia.
 * December 4-6: The first Macromedia European User Conference is held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 * December 16: Macromedia Extreme 3D 2 is released.