> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 1:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: free/inexpensive html editors/ftp software > > "The Aptana plug-in provides a nice file view with FTP/SFTP. You can > get FTP from several other packages, but that's the best one I think. > It also provides automated FTP synch support which is a pain to get > set-up but does work pretty well. " > > It very well could have changed by now but when I switched over this > was my last hold up and while it did ftp you had to ftp up the entire > directory every time and it was really a pita especially if you had > more than 1 site.
Not at all... the file view just gives you a directory tree of your local machine and any FTP sites you have. Almost exactly like HomeSite's file view if you remember it. The synch view (that's completely separate from the file view) MIGHT upload all files but that may be a problem with determining which files have changed (the purpose of the view is to easily keep dev and prod in synch). > "In what sense?" > "I'll admit that it's easy enough for a mom but what capabilities does > it lack that a "pro tool" would have? I'm curious because I'm a > sometimes beta tester for the suite and this is the kind of question > that gets asked. " > > To me it is kinda like dw compared to eclipse, it has some nice > features but there is too much "hand holding" in it for me and what I > really noticed was that if you didn't use their pre-made stuff it would > become fairly difficult to use. Too me it was just more efficient to do > it in ps. I think that ps just has more control over what you are doing > but that is only good if you know what you are doing or are willing to > learn. I used to like fw over ps until i really started to learn ps and > then i saw why it is used, although fw still does save files better. I > would like to have liked it as it is a lot cheaper but I didn't. Of course it would be more efficient to "do it in PS" if that's what you know - user inertia isn't something that's overcome likely. ;^) I'd also go so far as to say that a fluent PS/AI user probably won't find anything worth making the switch (unless they can't afford the cost) - but by the same token I can't see anything in PS/AI that would draw a fluent Corel user away either. In my experience I greatly prefer Corel... but both packages seem just as capable. As to the criticism I honestly have no idea what you're talking about... are you sure we're talking about the same program? I'm talking about the CorelDraw Suite (CorelDraw and CorelPhoto-Paint) - not Painter or Paint Shop Pro (also Corel products - both of which are aimed much more at the general consumer). I don't know what "pre-made stuff" you're talking about? Although the program comes with tons of templates and clipart and such it's not really integrated into the application itself (they're just source files - there if you need them but not required) - there aren't any internal design galleries or the like. Draw! Does offer more primitive shapes than many tools: in addition to rectangles and ovals there's general polygons, stars, spirals, grids, etc There's also a really nice "three point" tool for ellipses and rectangles (which lets you place boundary points for the objects before sizing them)... but none of these force anything on your design and all of them can be ignored (the tools are all there do it the hard way if you like). "Hand-holding" in what way? Most tools are interactive (drag and drop) or palette based. There are very few wizards or other directed tasks (although there is interactive help for most tasks). There are definitely some shortcut tools - extrude, envelope, lens, powerclip, etc - but nothing that I can think of as "pre-made" - and nothing that I would want to lose. Do you have an example or two? I just don't feel like we're talking about the same thing. > My niece was over yesterday and she was asking me to buy her ps and i > told her to try gimp or find an alternative but really they can't use > anything else because that is what they are learning on. And then there > are the filters and add-ons that corel can't compare with, not to > mention I deal with a good chunk of my clients who send me psd & ai > files to work with, I can't really have them change what they do to fit > my needs. Actually, for what it's worth, both CorelDraw and Corel Photo-Paint are fully compatible with all PhotoShop Plug-in Filters (and many of the more popular filter packages like Kai's are Corel Products). I use many of them myself. In fact you don't even need to reinstall them - you can just point Corel at the PhotoShop filter directory and it will happily pick them up (you can scan as many folders as you like for plug-ins). Of course this isn't that big a trick: even Paint Shop Pro is compatible with PS plug-ins. Corel works seamlessly with AI and PSD files - both importing and exporting - believe me, my clients send me them as well. ;^) In the over ten years I've worked with CorelDraw (I started with version 2; it's up to version 13) I've never had a problem working closely with people using PhotoShop or Illustrator. Corel also exports to PDF, Flash and HTML (producing reasonable client-side script for any image maps or roll-over animations you may have defined). You can also edit and create QuickTime VR files. In total something like 200 file formats are supported natively. Like I said... I just don't feel like we're talking about the same product here. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
