DW CS4 (WinXP) is very stable. I have not yet had any lockups or errors. I use it strictly as a code editor. I have a few snippets and quite a few keyboard shortcuts.
As another few people have stated, a sweet timesaver is the smart-close tag feature. Basically, if you type: <table> <tr> <td></td> </tr> Then, when you type "</", DW will smartly close the table tag. Some other great new features are the CSS enhancements and the related files/code navigator. YouTube has some videos on the new DW CS4 features. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:05 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Is Dreamweaver CS4 taking off as an IDE? I noticed that the chatter around DW CS4 has increased a lot lately. Isaac, Aaron, Massimo, Michael, et al, are discussing it, and, Isaac, you stated that you "want to use it." And for those of you, like Isaac, who would "really like to use it," my question is, why use DW CS4 instead of say, CFEclipse, when DW is $400 and CFE is free? (Also especially since Adobe's IDE is right around the corner...) It's a sincere question, because although I like CFE, it's lacking some features, such as FTP connectivity and manual (saved!) code folding, that I really want. So I'm considering DW. I've considered downloading it and giving it a shot, but I've done that since before it was called "Drumbeat" and I've never found it appealing, especially not at $400. So, what makes it so good in you who are using it? Is it's feature set, or stability, or whatever, the selling point for you? Thanks for the feedback... Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
