Dave, Hehe - got your dander up a bit eh? I think I agree with every point you made (except the part about using VI if they want to... aught to be outlawed <g>).
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:51 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: UltraDev > Macromedia have diminished your right to use a third party > WYSIWYG HTML editor with ColdFusion Studio 5. I think this is kind of silly. You're free to use whatever WYSIWYG editor you want - or use none at all. > Thay have attempted to FORCE you to not only purchase Studio > 5 but also Ultradev 4.0.x. How have they attempted to force this? As far as I can tell, you can either buy one or the other separately, or you can buy them bundled. They may merge the products in the future, but your complaint seems premature to me. > The latter product is severely lacking in it's current form. I can't think of a WYSIWYG editor for CGI programs which isn't. > Most CF developers could not care less about "visual development". Those developers (myself included) can stick with CF Studio 5, or vi for that matter. > Ultradev asssists in some ways but generally hinders in others. > Use it for a while, especially in ColdFusion 'code complex' > situations. Ultradev is a good start but way off what serious > developers need. I agree. Ultradev, by itself, is not a sufficient development tool. Maybe, though, if the guys at Macromedia thought about it, they'd bundle this design tool with a good text editor. Oh, wait... > Can someone tell me what UltraDev adds to the Cold Fusion > Studio? I looked at the product description and could not really > get what I would have if I had CF Sudio 5 Ultradev versus CF > Studio 5. I am contemplating whether it is worth the money > to renew my alliance. It adds ... Ultradev. If you like Ultradev, you can buy the bundle for less than buying each separately. If you don't like Ultradev, you can just buy Studio. If the only value you get from your alliance is a tools discount, and you can pay less to just get Studio, then I guess it isn't worth renewing. > Save your money and stick with CF 4.5.2 if you value the > one-click method of opening your current template into your > preferred editor. CFS 5 removes the choice - the same is > said with the CSS editor - TopStyle. I have both Studio and Ultradev installed, and if I double-click on a CFM file, it opens Studio. If I wanted to change that, I could edit the registry or use the "File Types" dialog and have it open whatever I like. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 _________________________ _________________________ ____________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
