Andrew, I seem to remember that topstyle shipped "with" cf studio and with homesite. how could homesite be a later version of topstyle?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2015, at 7:16 PM, Andrew Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And for fuck sake my name is not Scott, but then if you can get that wrong > you can get your facts wrong about Studio as well. > > Regards, > Andrew Scott > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Andrew Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Wil, >> >> I am not sadly misinformed at all. >> >> Nick Bradley created a product called Top Style, which I used extensively >> in those days. Allaire then purchased that program from Nick and rebadged >> it as Homesite, Homesite Studio was the first version which followed by the >> free version called Homesite. Studio did things that Homesite could not do. >> >> Studio was then let go in favor of making Homesite more powerful, hence >> HomeSite+, problem was that the best features of Studio where lost forever. >> >> So how is that misinformed? >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Andrew Scott >> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ >> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Wil Genovese <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Scott, >>> >>> You are sadly misinformed. Nick Bradbury created Homesite and then sold >>> it to Allaire. Later Nick also created Top Style as a stand alone CSS >>> Editor. >>> >>> Homesite was originally developed in Borland Delphi in 1995 by Nick >>> Bradbury. Bradbury wrote HomeSite after using HotDogand being frustrated >>> with it. In March 1997 Allaire Corporation from Cambridge, Massachusetts >>> (founded by brothers Jeremy and J.J. Allaire) acquired HomeSite and Nick >>> Bradbury joined Allaire. After leaving Allaire in 1998, Bradbury went on to >>> work on the CSS/xHTML editor TopStyle and the RSS reader FeedDemon. >>> Macromedia acquired Allaire in 2001 and was in turn acquired by Adobe in >>> 2005. >>> >>> Even Wikipedia has it right >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_HomeSite >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Wil Genovese >>> >>> One man with courage makes a majority. >>> -Andrew Jackson >>> >>> A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. >>> >>>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Andrew Scott <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> And it was called Top Style before Allaire bought it and rebranded it as >>>> Homesite Studio in 1996. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Andrew Scott >>>> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ >>>> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Andrew Scott <[email protected] >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry that should be 1996 not 1995 >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Andrew Scott >>>>> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ >>>>> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Andrew Scott < >>> [email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't know about pre dating it, I have been using Studio since 1995, >>>>>> when Allaire purchased it. They then decided to release Homesite and >>> then >>>>>> Homesite+ >>>>>> >>>>>> The only difference between the two, was that Studio had far more >>>>>> features. When Studio was discontinued, they then decided to release >>>>>> homesite+ >>>>>> >>>>>> I still have the Homesite Studio Disc with the copyright of 1994 on >>> it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Andrew Scott >>>>>> WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ >>>>>> Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can never understand why Homesite was so popular, it's bigger >>>>>>> brother was >>>>>>>> the better of the two. Which was Studio. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My memory here is a little hazy, as I haven't used either one for a >>>>>>> long time, but I recall it being a little more complicated than that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As Wil mentioned, Homesite predated CF Studio. Allaire purchased it >>>>>>> and kept Nick on to make future versions. The next version was CF >>>>>>> Studio, which was basically Homesite with RDS functionality and >>>>>>> CF-specific code generators and wizards. But after a while, the >>>>>>> product was renamed Homesite+, and still had the RDS functionality >>> and >>>>>>> CF-specific stuff. So for me at least, I think of all three as >>>>>>> "Homesite", because they're all basically the same thing. Homesite+ >>>>>>> was the final version released by Macromedia, and I think it was >>> still >>>>>>> supported for a while after the Adobe acquisition. >>> https://www.adobe.com/support/homesite/releasenotes/plus/releasenotes_plus.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >>>>>>> 1-202-527-9569 >>>>>>> http://www.figleaf.com/ >>>>>>> http://training.figleaf.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fig Leaf Software is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business >>>>>>> (SDVOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor- >>>>>>> authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359960 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
