Adobe Systems introduced new application codenamed Muse.

According to CNET news, Muse lets users create and publish Web sites like they would make a site mock-up in the company's InDesign or Illustrator software. Adobe promises it will simplify the process for designers who would have previously had to hand off their designs to developers to do the coding necessary to turn that mock-up into an actual site.

Adobe says part of the reason to build such a tool stemmed from a study it did that found most Web design products require users to learn code, something that could be problematic for the more than half of designers surveyed who still did mainly print work.

"What we're seeing is that the tools that have been made available for designers to be able to create digital experiences require people to learn code," said Jane Brady, the senior product marketing manager of Adobe's creative suite.

The company's solution was to grab some former InDesign engineers and put them to work on a product that would do just that, with Muse being the result.

The software lets users design a Web site using a familiar Adobe creative tool set, plugging in backgrounds, headers, footers, menus and Web.

Muse has, however, been set up to accept chunks of arbitrary HTML, and make use of Web widgets that can be embedded into pages, things like YouTube videos and Google Maps.