Trying to stay out of NeoLand...here is my wishlist: 1. Integrated client-side file uploading tool, that is not an applet or aciveX. Probably meaning it would have to be Flash.
2. A multi-server in memory variable scope. If the site has multiple servers, and even if the content is being served by different servers between requests, I want to be able to set a variable that is tied to that user, and be able to read it on any server. 3. Support for all the normal operators! (++, --, != and so on) 4. Make CFQuery more powerful...I wan't the ability to scroll up and down through recordsets. I want the ability to have recordsets be updated with new data from the database without having to requery. 5. Big Neo marketing campaign. I know there was one right after the merger, but Neo needs a big one. The IT execs need to see CF as an alternative to dotNet. An ad campaign in those stupid IT exec mags would be cool. Buzzwords, buzzwords, buzzwords. Send press releases to all of the online tech news sites... 6. Upgrade Studio for pete sakes. It's getting crusty. I must say that I've had the pleasure of coding in VS.Net, and what a wonderful coding enviroment it is. It's the current benchmark for any IDE out there in my book. If I could code CF in it I would. 7. CF applications certified by Macromedia? I don't know if there would be much of a call for it, but I do know that there are times when I don't want to reinvent to wheel, and want to go buy a pre-built application. If the code isn't available for me to quickly peruse, it's impossible otherwise to tell if the application is worth buying. I've been burned a few times after buying a program and the source code is a pile of junk with a pretty interface. 8. Never try to get me to pay $5000 for CF. 9. Finally, integrated Magic Button support. ;-) jon Tyler Silcox wrote: > (Features, that is...) > > With all this talk of learning other languages to flesh out your portfolio, and more >importantly your knowledge, along with the looming release of NEO/CFMX, I've been >trying to think of the features that I currently miss in my ColdFusion. And I >thought what better way to get Macromedia's attention, then by creating a heated >discussion among the leading, path-forging cf users, which obviously reside on this >list (yes, I'm buttering you up.) > > It seams to me that we see some of the same issues puzzling new or begginer users >over and over again, or some great features that are available though creative uses >of custom tags are not readily available to those developers hosting on shared >servers. And I feel that MM could easily add some nice new tags or attributes to >current tags that solve most everyone's problems (and I know nothing is that "easy", >but it'd be nice.) I also know most of us have submitted feature requests on MM's >site, but the community never really geats to chime in. So what I'd like to do is >gather up a few of your ideas for improving ColdFusion just to let MM know what we're >are thinking. I'm also very interested in what other developers are thinking, and >I'm sure y'all are too. > > I know that timing probably isn't the best for their very, very busy brains over in >MM land right now, but there really isn't anytime better than the present. > > Here's some of the basic probelms that I've come across and that I've seen pop up on >this list over and over from the last couple of years: ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
