> > CFS is far superior with it's > > help/reference system alone (language specific), not to mention the > > color > > coding (language specific), and the toolbar (language specific), and so > > forth. > > Hmm, but DWMX includes help/reference material for CF,
DWMX's reference panel is a joke :-) It seems designed for a PDA, it's hard to read and you can't copy/past from it. At least DW 2004 now ships with CFML Functions Reference (it was missing out of the box in DW MX) but it definitely need to be rewritten from the ground up (it's also pretty resource intensive) > color coding for CF (and customizable) You can customize it in HS/CFS too. In my opinion DW has an edge thanks to the Tag Library Editor. Basically is a GUI for creating VTML files and add code hints and color coding to any kind of custom tag. It's a real gem, but marketing forgot to push it during last release. I heartly suggest everybody to check the docs for additional details > And DWMX 2004 provides enhanced CFMX support: > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/productinfo/features/ > static_tour/coldfusion/ DW 2004 is a worthy upgrade, but I am very far from being impressed by the "enhanced CFMX support". I am 100% with Ben on this > It doesn't explicitly mention it here but the CF-specific toolbar in > DWMX 2004 is, in my opinion, a big improvement over the one in DWMX. Funny, I think it's a step back since it requires an additional click to get many buttons. I actually already hacked it to make it works again like in DW MX, with 3 separated tabs. The good thing is that finally DW 2004 introduced the ability to customize the Insert Bar from a GUI, so, in the end, this allow people freedom of choice (in the past hacking the xml menu files was required) > And (you know where I'm going with this...) DWMX has great support for > XML, HTML, CSS and JavaScript - and all of those are improved in MX > 2004 (see the information on the website). In particular, some of the > enhancements to XML support make writing Fusebox 4 / Mach II > configuration files a breeze! Since you are playing with Mach II, get a copy of the DTD for the configuration files, then import it in the Tag Library Editor and see by yourself. Those are the kind of things that I love in DW and boost my productivity. Instead, when it try to compete with dedicated text editors, it consistently fail to impress me. ---------------------------- Massimo Foti Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer http://www.massimocorner.com/ ---------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
