I actually doubt many people on this list fit that description. It has been years since I was involved in a web application that didn't have some kind of interface to allow for content editing by non-technical folk.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Noller [mailto:jnoller@;macromedia.com] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 3:39 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Contribute and Studio Observation > > The Point of Contribute is to not "deprecate" the programmer/designer. The > point is to allow PHBs to quickly edit things like "company contact > information" or "news of the day" or "what's for lunch", primarily simple, > doc-like sections of the website. > > How many of us have sat there twiddling our thumbs waiting for a PHB to > email us the text for something as simple as "company description"... Or, > as simple as "item description". > > Me? I'd rather not have to burn 800 hours hitting refresh on my mail > client while I wait for a paragraph of text to be added by some middle > manager who had to hack it out through a legal department. > > Jesse Noller > Macromedia Server Development > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Polickoski [mailto:rpolickoski@;isrd.com] > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:09 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Contribute and Studio Observation > > > > Not that I am trying to be exclusive or pompous, but when you > > start allowing people who know nothing about web page design or > > development to design or develop web pages, you get web pages > > designed or developed by people who know nothing about the > > process. I think it is a dangerous trend to try to make all > > technology available to everyone. > > > > As a case and point: The professional secreatry is all but dead. > > Because the word processor is now available to everyone, everyone > > is expected to use it. Therefore, you now have middle executive > > types spending twice as long to develop documents at 3 times the > > cost with 1/2 the effectiveness because they really don't know how > > to write. > > > > Specialization is not always a bad thing. Is it so horrible to > > expect that if someone wants to use a technology, they actually > > learn how to use it. > > > > Just my $0.02. > > > > Robert J. Polickoski > > Senior Programmer, ISRD Inc. > > (540) 842-6339 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AIM - RobertJFP > > > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > From: S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:19:57 -0500 > > > > >> At the risk of being a trouble maker, I just have to make this > > >> observation. > > > > > >> Now that we are allowed to talk about Contribute, I have to say > > the > > >> following: > > > > > > > > >> We have been told that MM is doing away with Studio/Homesite > > because they > > >> do not want to have more than one editing application in their > > application > > >> portfolio. I accepted this despite Dreamweaver's obvious issues > > that have > > >> already been covered to death. So what is the next application > > that MM > > >> releases? Another web editing application. > > > > > >> I might be the only one that is irked by this, or maybe not, > > but it seems > > >> very odd to me. > > > > > >I wouldn't say that this new tool is in any way a replacement for > > CF Studio > > >.. It's a web-based tool to allow non-technical ( or less- > > technical ) users > > >to edit web content... So... it really in no way compares to > > Studio. What > > >they're after is the wider audience of general, non-programmer > > business > > >users, which is an entirely different market than Studio > > targeted. So I > > >don't think it really relates (at least not directly) to their > > saying they > > >didn't want to support more than one _traditional_ editing > > application. You > > >wouldn't buy Contribute for the folks in your office currently > > using either > > >CF Studio or Dreamweaver -- you'd buy Contribute for the folks in > > your > > >office currently sending email to the folks using CF Studio or > > Dreamweaver > > >to ask them to make changes. > > > > > >S. Isaac Dealey > > >Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > > > >www.turnkey.to > > >954-776-0046 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
