Comments on: Wither Dreamweaver http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/ Unlucky in Cards Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19904 By: Jon http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-458198 Jon Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:57:08 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-458198 +1 for using Eclipse. It's a great IDE for most languages and it's 100% free. Quite frankly if you're paying for Dreamweaver to code PHP, you're doing it wrong. +1 for using Eclipse. It’s a great IDE for most languages and it’s 100% free.

Quite frankly if you’re paying for Dreamweaver to code PHP, you’re doing it wrong.

]]> By: Gustavo Pineda http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-449426 Gustavo Pineda Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:05:40 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-449426 I have several Issues with DW CS3, I am using Windows XP SP3, it is crashing anytime when I am editing CSS files and editing at the same time the html file. It is a waste of time or What? Recently I found APTANA, is amazing, allow me to fix the issue in the HTML and then I can open again the file in DW, before that the file Crash over and over. APTANA My friends is free, no cost If i met APTANA before I wouldn't buy DW CS3. From my standpoint Adobe is not supporting the applications as Macromedia did. Since all Macromedia Products became Adobe all the problem stands. It is a Shame... I have several Issues with DW CS3, I am using Windows XP SP3, it is crashing anytime when I am editing CSS files and editing at the same time the html file. It is a waste of time or What? Recently I found APTANA, is amazing, allow me to fix the issue in the HTML and then I can open again the file in DW, before that the file Crash over and over. APTANA My friends is free, no cost If i met APTANA before I wouldn’t buy DW CS3. From my standpoint Adobe is not supporting the applications as Macromedia did. Since all Macromedia Products became Adobe all the problem stands. It is a Shame…

]]> By: O.J. http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-448565 O.J. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:47:48 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-448565 Hey Matt, if you don't mind, you could give Eclipse with PDT a try. It works for me when I'm coding CakePHP applications. Cheers. Hey Matt, if you don’t mind, you could give Eclipse with PDT a try. It works for me when I’m coding CakePHP applications. Cheers.

]]> By: David McGuigan http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-443280 David McGuigan Sat, 10 May 2008 17:31:15 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-443280 I had some issues with Dreamweaver CS3 conflicting with some other software, which seemed to make it crash when I'd edit certain parts of a file. It would consistently crash when I edited those same places. I reinstalled Windows and it's worked fine now for 6+ months. I'm running Vista Ultimate on a quadcore w/ 4GB of RAM. Love me some Dreamweaver CS3 (after I got through those issues / cussing every 5 minutes). I had some issues with Dreamweaver CS3 conflicting with some other software, which seemed to make it crash when I’d edit certain parts of a file. It would consistently crash when I edited those same places. I reinstalled Windows and it’s worked fine now for 6+ months. I’m running Vista Ultimate on a quadcore w/ 4GB of RAM. Love me some Dreamweaver CS3 (after I got through those issues / cussing every 5 minutes).

]]> By: George http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439909 George Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:10:04 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439909 I'm still on DW8, I hated CS3 when I tried it (luckily, i opted for a trial) :) I’m still on DW8, I hated CS3 when I tried it (luckily, i opted for a trial) :)

]]> By: Dig T http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439241 Dig T Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:50:06 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439241 Switched from Windows XP to Mac 10.4 a few years back and the change wasn't as easy as I'd like but I'm glad I made it as everything is more stable. I'm currently using TextWrangler, Dreamweaver 8, and CSSEdit at home. Yes thats a lot of feature overlap but it allows me to concentrate on specific parts of design when I need to. Plus they are rock solid for me. Using Dreamweaver 8 at work on Windows Vista Business is fine but has glitches when connecting to databases. Coda is good but I still prefer my collection of apps. Aptana looks much more advanced than the last time I had a look at it and might be worth my time now to play around with it though it's database support doesn't seem as robust as Dreamweaver. Thanks for all the info as I've been contemplating the move to CS3. Switched from Windows XP to Mac 10.4 a few years back and the change wasn’t as easy as I’d like but I’m glad I made it as everything is more stable.

I’m currently using TextWrangler, Dreamweaver 8, and CSSEdit at home. Yes thats a lot of feature overlap but it allows me to concentrate on specific parts of design when I need to. Plus they are rock solid for me. Using Dreamweaver 8 at work on Windows Vista Business is fine but has glitches when connecting to databases.

Coda is good but I still prefer my collection of apps. Aptana looks much more advanced than the last time I had a look at it and might be worth my time now to play around with it though it’s database support doesn’t seem as robust as Dreamweaver.

Thanks for all the info as I’ve been contemplating the move to CS3.

]]> By: Eric B http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439231 Eric B Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:52:41 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439231 I just wish they would dump the WYSIWYG junk from it completely. Just strip it all out. I just wish they would dump the WYSIWYG junk from it completely. Just strip it all out.

]]> By: Dawson http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439170 Dawson Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:47:41 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439170 It's not Windows people! It's not like Mac's are perfect, the reason they get no viruses (and crash), is because they're so expensive and useless that no ones buys them. I have the same problems on CS3 on Windows (and on my mac laptop)... It's Dreamweaver that crashes, not Windows. It’s not Windows people! It’s not like Mac’s are perfect, the reason they get no viruses (and crash), is because they’re so expensive and useless that no ones buys them.

I have the same problems on CS3 on Windows (and on my mac laptop)… It’s Dreamweaver that crashes, not Windows.

]]> By: Kevin Newman http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439132 Kevin Newman Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:15:04 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439132 Dreamweaver 8 works like a charm on Linux anyway (use wine-doors to install it with one click). I couldn't find a substantial new feature in Dreamweaver CS 3 anyway (except maybe Spry, which you can use anyway), so why not switch back to 8? Dreamweaver 8 works like a charm on Linux anyway (use wine-doors to install it with one click).

I couldn’t find a substantial new feature in Dreamweaver CS 3 anyway (except maybe Spry, which you can use anyway), so why not switch back to 8?

]]> By: Grace http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439109 Grace Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:24:29 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439109 I still use Dreamweaver 3 !!! It's just so pure. -- Grace I still use Dreamweaver 3 !!! It’s just so pure. — Grace

]]> By: Len http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439045 Len Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:35:22 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439045 Funny you should write this post. The day before yesterday I downloaded the trial version from Adobe's website so that I could play around with it and see if it was worth purchasing. The damn thing crashed my pc and not it's not a hardware problem on my end. I quickly got rid of it but it still took half hour to uninstall it then another half maintenance work in safe mode to clean everything up. A little buggy perhaps? ps - I sent you an email about something which you may or may not be aware of. Funny you should write this post. The day before yesterday I downloaded the trial version from Adobe’s website so that I could play around with it and see if it was worth purchasing. The damn thing crashed my pc and not it’s not a hardware problem on my end. I quickly got rid of it but it still took half hour to uninstall it then another half maintenance work in safe mode to clean everything up. A little buggy perhaps?

ps – I sent you an email about something which you may or may not be aware of.

]]> By: ZacharyGuidry http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439027 ZacharyGuidry Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:27:52 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439027 Dreamweaver CS3 is working fine for me on a PC with WinXP! I use it almost every day with no problems. Dreamweaver CS3 is working fine for me on a PC with WinXP! I use it almost every day with no problems.

]]> By: aw http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439009 aw Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:04:54 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439009 The CS3 series really takes me down except Flash CS3. And it really works very strange in Vista. I cannot even install it in my Vista. Anyway, 8.0 series is enough for 90% of the job. The CS3 series really takes me down except Flash CS3. And it really works very strange in Vista. I cannot even install it in my Vista. Anyway, 8.0 series is enough for 90% of the job.

]]> By: Warren Benedetto http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439005 Warren Benedetto Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:58:15 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439005 Want a life-altering suggestion? Eclipse PDT + Zend Plugin + Aptana Pro Plugin + Subclipse You will never, ever want to use anything else. It's the best of all worlds. One thing I always missed when I stopped using Dreamweaver was the easy CTRL-SHIFT-U to upload a file. This has it. Plus: - Advanced find-replace with regex - Autocomplete of all PHP functions, plus all your custom classes/methods/functions. Plus it can pull in PEAR packages and other 3rd party frameworks and auto-complete them too. - Integrated SVN support - Integrated Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE for testing right in the IDE - Wizards for tables and other HTML elements It takes everything that is great about Dreamweaver, Zend Studio, Aptana, and Eclipse, and combines them into one IDE. Best. IDE. Ever. And free. :-) Want a life-altering suggestion?

Eclipse PDT + Zend Plugin + Aptana Pro Plugin + Subclipse

You will never, ever want to use anything else. It’s the best of all worlds. One thing I always missed when I stopped using Dreamweaver was the easy CTRL-SHIFT-U to upload a file. This has it. Plus:

- Advanced find-replace with regex

- Autocomplete of all PHP functions, plus all your custom classes/methods/functions. Plus it can pull in PEAR packages and other 3rd party frameworks and auto-complete them too.

- Integrated SVN support

- Integrated Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE for testing right in the IDE

- Wizards for tables and other HTML elements

It takes everything that is great about Dreamweaver, Zend Studio, Aptana, and Eclipse, and combines them into one IDE.

Best. IDE. Ever.

And free. :-)

]]> By: Back to my roots with Ruby On Rails at WebGrrrl.net, Home of Lorna Timbah On-line http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439003 Back to my roots with Ruby On Rails at WebGrrrl.net, Home of Lorna Timbah On-line Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:50:14 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439003 [...] took Photo Matt’s whining about his Dreamweaver predicament to lead me to a web site on Aptana, an open-source development platform and server for developing [...] [...] took Photo Matt’s whining about his Dreamweaver predicament to lead me to a web site on Aptana, an open-source development platform and server for developing [...]

]]> By: Mike Steinbaugh http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-439001 Mike Steinbaugh Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:12:56 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-439001 Transmit + BBEdit for the win! Transmit + BBEdit for the win!

]]> By: PG http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438971 PG Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:16:32 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438971 Awwwww... you have ruined me. Now I am going to notice it every time DWCS3 crashes. I guess I had just come to expect it. The main thing I use it for anymore is modifying templates... I like the ability to click on something and easily figure out where the CSS is located, and choose whether to edit directly in DW or open in TopStyle. Still, it's probably overkill for how I use it. TopStyle, Notepad++ and SFTPdrive are all way more useful than DW. Looking to move completely to Linux ASAP. Awwwww… you have ruined me. Now I am going to notice it every time DWCS3 crashes. I guess I had just come to expect it.

The main thing I use it for anymore is modifying templates… I like the ability to click on something and easily figure out where the CSS is located, and choose whether to edit directly in DW or open in TopStyle. Still, it’s probably overkill for how I use it.

TopStyle, Notepad++ and SFTPdrive are all way more useful than DW.

Looking to move completely to Linux ASAP.

]]> By: didats http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438923 didats Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:30:34 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438923 For only the editor, I couldn't stand with the heavy application like dreamweaver. Coda, much better! For only the editor, I couldn’t stand with the heavy application like dreamweaver. Coda, much better!

]]> By: Richard http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438921 Richard Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:04:32 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438921 I was using GoLive back in the mid to late 90's before Adobe bought it and it was a great product, but not perfect. Adobe bought GoLive and promptly turned it into an unusable product within two upgrade cycles. I can only speculate that they didn't know how to fix it, so they bought Macromedia to get Dreamweaver, and will do their magic to turn it into a brick as well. If someone had some money and a team of good code-jockies, they could come out with a competing product, go through a few upgrade cycles and at some point Adobe would buy the new competition and continue their cycle of "fixing" what isn't broken. I was using GoLive back in the mid to late 90′s before Adobe bought it and it was a great product, but not perfect. Adobe bought GoLive and promptly turned it into an unusable product within two upgrade cycles. I can only speculate that they didn’t know how to fix it, so they bought Macromedia to get Dreamweaver, and will do their magic to turn it into a brick as well. If someone had some money and a team of good code-jockies, they could come out with a competing product, go through a few upgrade cycles and at some point Adobe would buy the new competition and continue their cycle of “fixing” what isn’t broken.

]]> By: alexanderhayes http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438883 alexanderhayes Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:40:33 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438883 CS3 crashing this end also...bah. CS3 crashing this end also…bah.

]]> By: Nat http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438880 Nat Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:09:40 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438880 1) Dreamweaver is based in Adobe's San Fransisco Offices. 2) I have been using DW for development for a few years too, and I haven't had many issues using it in windows xp. In fact I've had no issues except for a small problem with their uploader since I installed CS3 in august. 1) Dreamweaver is based in Adobe’s San Fransisco Offices. 2) I have been using DW for development for a few years too, and I haven’t had many issues using it in windows xp. In fact I’ve had no issues except for a small problem with their uploader since I installed CS3 in august.

]]> By: Christopher http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438877 Christopher Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:40:11 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438877 I think since Adobe bought into them, they decided to cheapen their code. I loved it when Macromedia was there. No problems. I still use it, but not as often as I want to. I sometimes resort to hand editing. Hopefully the next release will help. I think since Adobe bought into them, they decided to cheapen their code. I loved it when Macromedia was there. No problems. I still use it, but not as often as I want to. I sometimes resort to hand editing. Hopefully the next release will help.

]]> By: przxqgl http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438823 przxqgl Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:28:08 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438823 i use homesite on windows, but i use (and am on the testing team for) <a href="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/" rel="nofollow">bluefish</a> on linux most of the time... i've looked at dreamweaver, but it's too "feature rich" for my tastes, and doesn't do what i want it to do anywhere near as much as either homesite or bluefish... i've also come across <a href="http://nvudev.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">Nvu</a> for linux, that i think may be on the same par as homesite, which would mean that i could get away from windows all together... i use homesite on windows, but i use (and am on the testing team for) bluefish on linux most of the time… i’ve looked at dreamweaver, but it’s too “feature rich” for my tastes, and doesn’t do what i want it to do anywhere near as much as either homesite or bluefish… i’ve also come across Nvu for linux, that i think may be on the same par as homesite, which would mean that i could get away from windows all together…

]]> By: Subbu http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438818 Subbu Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:42:17 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438818 PSPad Editor too is quite good for PHP! Has an inbuilt FTP Client and all. Been using it since quite a while! PSPad Editor too is quite good for PHP! Has an inbuilt FTP Client and all. Been using it since quite a while!

]]> By: StraderAde http://ma.tt/2008/02/wither-dreamweaver/#comment-438812 StraderAde Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:18:54 +0000 http://ma.tt/?p=3189#comment-438812 I am sticking with Dreamweaver 8 for now. I have heard way to many bad things about CS3 and this post has sealed the deal.Thanks for the heads up! I am sticking with Dreamweaver 8 for now. I have heard way to many bad things about CS3 and this post has sealed the deal.Thanks for the heads up!

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