AMEN! If they removed it compelely i agree ;) I'm too busy heads down in JSp crap to look into the new CF stuff
Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:56 AM Subject: Macromedia Folks: What are you thinking? > Why did you remove basic use of FTP/RDS from Studio and replace it with > the Dreamweaver SITE function? > > That was by far one of the BEST features of the Studio product, and the > SITE feature is probably one of the worst features of Dreamweaver. What > about those of us who manage more than 1 site, or more than 10 or 50 > sites? What about those of us that want to connect to a client's site, > make a minor modification to a page and be done with it? Why should you > HAVE to setup a site for everything you want to edit on a remote server? > > I just don't understand why you would remove this feature. I can live > without customizable toolbars or the ability to add new ones. I can live > (although not as easily) without keyboard shortcuts for snippets. I like > a lot of the new features and the new environment is acceptable from a > code standpoint. I've always liked Dreamweaver for layout and design - > so please don't think I'm trying to slam the new product, it has a lot > of nice features and is really a good step in the right direction. > > I just can't understand why you would take away this simple, elegant and > VERY useful feature and replace it with such a cumbersome, jakey process > as the Dreamweaver Site management crap. 6 times today alone I've had > modifications or bugs to fix on remote sites. I don't WANT a local copy > of everything I work on. I don't WANT to index all 1200 pages of > someone's site so that I can edit 2 lines of code. I don't WANT to > manage resources or colors or stylesheets or flash documents. I just > want fast, easy access to remote code. > > Why is that no longer possible? It takes 3 minutes to load my LOCAL > websites directory and it does it every time I switch from DreamweaverMX > to another application. When I come back it refreshes the directory for > another 3 minutes. All of our developers have had the exact same > complaint and are giving me grief wanting to switch to something other > than "Studio" now. > > Am I just missing something? Please tell me you didn't REALLY remove > basic FTP/RDS in favor of this bunch of muck. > > Honestly, I'd REALLY like to know from the people who made this decision > why it was done this way. Maybe I'm just looking at it wrong? > > Thanks, > > Joshua Miller > Web Development :: Programming > Eagle Web Development LLC > www.eaglewd.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (304) 622-5676 (Clarksburg Office) > (304) 456-4942 (Home Office) > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.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
