I'd say that this argument works against Dreamweaver as well. It has a flashy interface, but does it look like a standard windows app?
On Jan 10, 2008 7:56 AM, David Low <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dawson, Michael wrote: > > I'm not a fan of the visual interface of Eclipse. It looks as if the > > authors either didn't take the time, didn't care or purposely avoided > > making Eclipse look like a native Windows application. > > > > There is little, or no, use of common Windows icons for Open, Save, > > Print, Search, etc. > > > > The visual aspect of an application does have some influence. > > It's not a native Windows application, but I can see your point. It > doesn't bother me personally but I know it has bothered others enough to > keep them working in Dreamweaver or Homesite. > > That might not please some of the purists on these lists but everyone > has their own preference. > > One last point - I have used Eclipse for a while and consider it my > day-to-day IDE, but have never managed to persuade a colleague to > convert. Most people I've spoken to just think Eclipse (not CFEclipse, > I might add) is a buggy time-waster which invariably seems to crash too > often. If you've used Homesite for 7 or 8 years with great stability > then there's no compelling real reason to change. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:296347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

