Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
I find it interesting that VersionTracker today lists Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.0.1 as an update: interesting because it's not called ADOBE Dreamweaver, and because development is obviously continuing, at least in the short term. A sure sign that it will not meet the same fate as Windows Media Player?
Most developers don't tend to do name changes immediately after buying a product. Frankly, it's too hard, and it also confuses existing users.
It's typical to do it next time they do a major update/release, when they've had time to bring the project in to use their tools, rename everything, tweak the user interface style to fit the rest of their products better, and do a bit of integration work with their other offerings.
Can we really expect Adobe to continue to sell two Web Site design tools (Dreamweaver and GoLive)? Seems to me one of them will have to go...
Adobe seem sensible enough to keep them going until they've managed to merge most of the best functionality of the two products. We're not dealing with Computer Associates here, thankfully. Still, one never does know.
-- Craig Ringer
