There are a lot of issues with Dreamweaver MX that are really just a matter of getting used to. Studio does it this way, Dreamweaver does it that way, and once you're used to it, it works just as fine.
I love the file upload part of DWMX. This is one of the great features of Studio I always wished would have worked and never did. However Rick, I agree with you about the explorer layout. If you have a site with lots of directories under the root, and each has a index.cfm file, its awful easy to pick up the wrong one and work on it. Or work on one, save it, then upload the wrong one to the site, so the change you thought you made hasn't been deployed. I think of the two approaches, Studio had the better one. I use both Studio and DWMX. When I'm doing routine work, I use Dreamweaver. I think it's quicker overall making the change, and a single click to upload it ot the server without having to navigate to the server's proper folder. But when I'm doing something involving more than basic code, I use Studio. But I think it's really our responsibility as CF developers to learn the tools we have available - or at least give them a good chance. That's why I use DWMX. I figured I owe it to Macromedia to learn how their tool works. And it's better in a lot of ways. Cheers, Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP WebWorks -----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:rroot@;wakeinternet.com] Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2002 2:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Studio MX David Adams wrote: > Everyone I know is still using studio and if in a pinch Homesite MX. In > our lives we need more simplicity not complexity. I guess I missed the rest of this thread but I thought I'd chime in with my opinion. I don't like Dreamweaver MX. We have a Site License for it here at Duke, but I simply don't like it. I don't like the new explorer layout that they use.. I much prefer the directories on top and the files down below. I'm still using Studio 4.5 and will probably continue to use it after we upgrade to CFMX in the next few weeks. - Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
