> If so, then could you drop a note to the developers about why > you'd find this advantageous, and why you it disadvantageous to > create a local site, please?
Heh, heh, heh. I don't know your background, John, but this kind of sounds kind of like the coder vs. designer argument recast. More to the point, it sounds like the kind of thing developers familiar with Allaire products feared from the start. I don't mean to pick on Macromedia or Dreamweaver. You folks do incredible things, but consider the following. Personally, I think the whole site model is interesting but cumbersome for much of what I do. Since version 2.5, I've come to use HomeSite to edit all kinds of files, many of which have nothing to do with Web sites (mail server SIEVE scripts, batch files, Windows Scripting Host files, etc.). I've only played with Dreamweaver MX for a couple hours, but it seemed like the file manager interfaces have been completely eliminated (or, rather not included). To open a directory of scripts or edit a non-Web file on one of the servers, I had to first create a random Web project. Then, I could navigate to the file through the Desktop tree. However, in addition to the extra steps it takes to get to a file on a mapped drive, the steps are somewhat irrelevant. Why should I have to select a Web site project to edit a SIEVE script on the mail server? Now, I realize Dreamweaver is built around the Web and that it wasn't intended to edit non-Web files (nor was HomeSite, I imagine), but this serves as example of how the Dreamweaver interface forces the developer into a certain role, one coders might find constraining. Where HomeSite had a unassuming interface, I found that Dreamweaver MX makes certain assumptions about my intentions. Consequently, the interface intrudes into the programming process, getting in the way. All that said, it isn't really important whether or not Dreamweaver allows me to do everything I want my editor to do: there are plenty of mature editing environments out there which I can use in tandem with Dreamweaver or exclusively if need be. I just bring this up because the attitude is a little disconcerting: treating something as simple and fundamental to the HomeSite experience as file browsing as a "feature" which needs justification just doesn't fly. Anyway, I'll relent now. :) Benjamin S. Rogers http://www.c4.net/ v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm 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
