> You are correct that support is currently dependent on > goodwill, but I'm fairly confident that when something is > broken in Dreamweaver, you will still be in the same boat. If > they can't offer a work around for you, MM most likely will > not do an update just for your problem. > > Case in point, HomeSite doesn't support Unicode properly. > MM's solution is to edit in notepad and no longer save from > HomeSite when the BOM needs to be set to Unicode(ref: > http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=t > n_19059 ). I'm not entirely sure that kind of resolution > could be considered superior support.
I think this is a flawed comparison. Homesite is essentially a legacy product. Dreamweaver is not. > The ColdFusion community, in general, has repeatedly told MM > that they aren't satisfied with the DW solution for CF > development, and has repeatedly asked for HomeSite+ to be > improved and built upon, and MM has not done that, but > instead has not released a major version in roughly 6 years, > including not fixing issues like the above. Is this really accurate? Who makes up this community exactly? I ask this because I know plenty of CF developers who are using Dreamweaver and are happy with it. I don't necessarily think this list is representative of the "CF community". Most CF developers I know aren't on it, for one thing. > Alternatively they could add all the features of HomeSite to > Dreamweaver and make it work like HomeSite in certain areas > (divided folder/file view for example? support for CVS > possibly? How about SCCM support? ) And then we'd also be > better off. But instead we get neither, a gimped DW for a > HomeSite replacement, or a gimped HomeSite in various areas > (Unicode support), that isn't moving forward. Have you submitted feature requests for these things? I admit that I've been occasionally frustrated by some Dreamweaver features - I'd really like to see a standard query builder, for one, and have asked (and will continue to ask) for this over and over again - but they have been responsive on other issues. I don't think there will be any significant revisions of Homesite, though. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190236 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
