There are, of course many still using Studio 4.5, and an increasing number migrating to StudioMX and Homesite+ There are a couple of features that disappeared with the MX version due to the Adobe Lawsuit, however, many work-arounds have been posted from time to time, and there is an option for the hard core coders to work in a relatively familiar environment, as well as the newbies who prefer to work in a GUI environment. StudioMX also easily switches back and forth to suit the user, and is so integrated with Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, etc. that more and more are beginning to swear by it. There is a learning curve, and that alone meets with some resistance from the old-line coders (like me) that are accustomed to working in a high production environment and are reluctant to take the Production hit while learning to navigate around in DWMX to get the job done.
It does appear that MM wants to make developers out of designers, and designers out of developers, and in many cases, based on history this is a twain that is having great difficulty being met. My suggestion for those who do only coding, stick with the tools you are familiar with and are the most productive with, but for the ones who are trying to do a mix of design and development, and are more comfortable in a GUI environment, then MX is the way to go. Sales records show that DWMX is very popular indeed, especially when it can be used in a variety of environments, such as JavaScript, PHP, and others, in addition to ColdFusion. It is a versatile tool, but does require getting used to. Just my .02. ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:doug@;samcfug.org http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:59 AM 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
