I think the real issue isn't that DWMX doesn't support CF sufficiently, it is that DWMX doesn't support coding sufficiently, in conjunction with some very basic usability issues.
Here's a few: 1) Code Trust, DWMX should never rewrite code unless told to 2) File path feedback, you can't tell exactly what file you are working on 3) Divided files and folders in the Site Panel, you can't tell what folder you are working in, not to mention it takes longer to find the right file. 4) Context help that you can't copy and paste from, can't search, can't get function help from. These have nothing to do with CF, and everything to do with being a good tool, and always negatively impact productivity. - Calvin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Wayne Lehman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:27 PM Subject: RE: DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? > I think it's safe to say that DWMX has more support for CF than any > other language. That coupled with the fact that it's the most popular > WebDesign tool, makes for a pretty good standing for CF. I'm not sure > that adding more CF bells and whistles to DW is going to help the CF > bottom line. I'm assuming that the strategy would be to get those people > who don't program and are web designers to move into CF. I think DWMX is > that bridge as it's not too complicated to scare the n00bs away. > > I think you could look at this from the other perspective and say that > they are trying to 'hook in' some ASP and PHP developers, who just may > see the beauty of CF when it's so prevalent in their IDE. > > Adam Wayne Lehman > Web Systems Developer > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > Distance Education Division > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:48 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? > > > Granted, I pretty much stopped using DW when MX rolled out, but lots > of > > people love it. You can't expect MM to stop schmoozing it's > > pre-existing > > customer base and ONLY focus on CF. Seriously now, you don't want all > > those ASP and PHP folks spending their money somewhere else - the > > beauty > > of it is that all of those people who buy DW and use it to code PHP > and > > ASP are contributing to the future of MM and CF with their funds. > > > I disagree with the above statement. The market for ASP and PHP is > growing, while the CF market is shrinking. Certainly, there is reason > right now for Macromedia to support ASP, PHP, and CF, but at what point > does the size of each respective market force MM to focus DW on only > the largest markets, namely ASP and PHP? > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.MontaraSoftware.com > (888) 408-0900 x901 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
