Because Homesite and Studio where to be its replacement and when Nick wasn't happy with Macromedia he left and continued development on Topstyle.
Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:46 PM, M.A. Kruger <mkru...@cfwebtools.com> wrote: > > Andrew, > > I seem to remember that topstyle shipped "with" cf studio and with > homesite. how could homesite be a later version of topstyle? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 14, 2015, at 7:16 PM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au> > wrote: > > > > > > And for fuck sake my name is not Scott, but then if you can get that > wrong > > you can get your facts wrong about Studio as well. > > > > Regards, > > Andrew Scott > > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au> > > wrote: > > > >> Wil, > >> > >> I am not sadly misinformed at all. > >> > >> Nick Bradley created a product called Top Style, which I used > extensively > >> in those days. Allaire then purchased that program from Nick and > rebadged > >> it as Homesite, Homesite Studio was the first version which followed by > the > >> free version called Homesite. Studio did things that Homesite could not > do. > >> > >> Studio was then let go in favor of making Homesite more powerful, hence > >> HomeSite+, problem was that the best features of Studio where lost > forever. > >> > >> So how is that misinformed? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Andrew Scott > >> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > >> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Wil Genovese <jugg...@trunkful.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Scott, > >>> > >>> You are sadly misinformed. Nick Bradbury created Homesite and then > sold > >>> it to Allaire. Later Nick also created Top Style as a stand alone CSS > >>> Editor. > >>> > >>> Homesite was originally developed in Borland Delphi in 1995 by Nick > >>> Bradbury. Bradbury wrote HomeSite after using HotDogand being > frustrated > >>> with it. In March 1997 Allaire Corporation from Cambridge, > Massachusetts > >>> (founded by brothers Jeremy and J.J. Allaire) acquired HomeSite and > Nick > >>> Bradbury joined Allaire. After leaving Allaire in 1998, Bradbury went > on to > >>> work on the CSS/xHTML editor TopStyle and the RSS reader FeedDemon. > >>> Macromedia acquired Allaire in 2001 and was in turn acquired by Adobe > in > >>> 2005. > >>> > >>> Even Wikipedia has it right > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_HomeSite > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Wil Genovese > >>> > >>> One man with courage makes a majority. > >>> -Andrew Jackson > >>> > >>> A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. > >>> > >>>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> And it was called Top Style before Allaire bought it and rebranded it > as > >>>> Homesite Studio in 1996. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Andrew Scott > >>>> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > >>>> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Andrew Scott < > andr...@andyscott.id.au > >>>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Sorry that should be 1996 not 1995 > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Andrew Scott > >>>>> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > >>>>> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Andrew Scott < > >>> andr...@andyscott.id.au> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I don't know about pre dating it, I have been using Studio since > 1995, > >>>>>> when Allaire purchased it. They then decided to release Homesite and > >>> then > >>>>>> Homesite+ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The only difference between the two, was that Studio had far more > >>>>>> features. When Studio was discontinued, they then decided to release > >>>>>> homesite+ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I still have the Homesite Studio Disc with the copyright of 1994 on > >>> it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Andrew Scott > >>>>>> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > >>>>>> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I can never understand why Homesite was so popular, it's bigger > >>>>>>> brother was > >>>>>>>> the better of the two. Which was Studio. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> My memory here is a little hazy, as I haven't used either one for a > >>>>>>> long time, but I recall it being a little more complicated than > that. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> As Wil mentioned, Homesite predated CF Studio. Allaire purchased it > >>>>>>> and kept Nick on to make future versions. The next version was CF > >>>>>>> Studio, which was basically Homesite with RDS functionality and > >>>>>>> CF-specific code generators and wizards. But after a while, the > >>>>>>> product was renamed Homesite+, and still had the RDS functionality > >>> and > >>>>>>> CF-specific stuff. So for me at least, I think of all three as > >>>>>>> "Homesite", because they're all basically the same thing. Homesite+ > >>>>>>> was the final version released by Macromedia, and I think it was > >>> still > >>>>>>> supported for a while after the Adobe acquisition. > >>> > https://www.adobe.com/support/homesite/releasenotes/plus/releasenotes_plus.html > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > >>>>>>> 1-202-527-9569 > >>>>>>> http://www.figleaf.com/ > >>>>>>> http://training.figleaf.com/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Fig Leaf Software is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small > Business > >>>>>>> (SDVOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor- > >>>>>>> authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
