I would suggest that DW have a Coldfusion Studio mode. When you switch to that mode DW becomes a dedicated Coldfusion IDE and then we can switch back to DW mode for designers. This way we have the best of both worlds. DW is a pretty good product but I think it's trying to do too much.
Ben Forta wrote: > Dave, > > All valid points. > > And one more to consider, HomeSite/Studio is written in Delphi - the > only MM product to be written in that language. That's why there was no > Mac version (something lots of folks asked for back in Allaire days). > It's hard to cost-justify keeping a team of Delphi developers to > maintain one product - especially one that sells only a fraction of what > DW sells. > > Trust me, this was not an easy decision, but it was a responsible one. > In case anyone was unaware, these are tough times - there is something > to be said for fiscal responsibility. > > But ... the discussion is not over yet. If any of you will be at DevCon > (you all will be, right?) we'll be having an open forum Tuesday evening > where you'll be able to share your ideas, concerns, suggestions, etc. > pertaining to CF development environments - and you are encouraged to > share it all - the good, the bad, and the ugly. I can't promise any > particular outcome, but I can promise that in attendance will be > individuals who are thinking this all through and so this will be your > chance to talk to the right people directly. > > I hope to see you all there! > > --- Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwatts@;figleaf.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:57 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Anybody want to start a petition for CF Studio! > > > Why the heck would they kill CF Studio? What good, > > logical reason could they possibly come up with as > > a reason to discontinue something that is so widely > > used/loved? > > Maybe it's not as widely used/loved as you think. I suspect that > Macromedia has a better idea of how many people are using it than I do, > since they keep count of the products they sell. > > However, even assuming it's the most popular editor since Tina Brown, > there are still good reasons for MM to "kill" CF Studio. One good reason > is that they have a bunch of different IDEs, and there are obvious > benefits to building one really good IDE from all of them. This is the > approach used by Microsoft with Visual Studio, which started out as a > bunch of separate tools, each with its own quirks. The latest version of > Visual Studio is very impressive; it did take MS a couple of versions to > get where they are, and some of those versions weren't so hot. > > But in any case, CF Studio isn't dead yet. It's simply been renamed > "Homesite+". It'll probably be around for some time to come. The fact > that it comes in a box labeled "Dreamweaver MX" doesn't change that. > > > Its not that we cant use dreamweaver, its just that > > as coders, developers, and designers most of us, I > > would assume, don't want all the extra crap that DWMX > > has, and just want the IDE that CFStudio Provided. > > I don't know about that. There's a lot of "extra crap" in DWMX that's > more interesting to me than it would be for the typical user of > Dreamweaver 4 - interfaces for web services and components, properties > dialogs, automatic management of file path attributes when you move a > file, etc. There's a lot that DWMX is missing, and there are quite a few > things that I don't like, but I think that one or two versions from now, > it's going to be quite a nice editor. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
