Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Dave Watts
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+ I know about it, because I used Homesite before Allaire bought it. I switched from HotDog to Homesite before Allaire got involved. After

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
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.

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
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 andr...@andyscott.id.au wrote: I don't know about pre dating it, I have been using Studio since

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
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

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
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 andr...@andyscott.id.au wrote:

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Wil Genovese
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

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Dave Watts
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

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
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

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Dave Watts
hotdog? homesite? geez, kids today don't know how lucky they got it. hands up if you remember the 1st commercial windows webserver (hint it wasn't IIS)? In fairness, Bob Denny's WebSite Pro was around about the same time - in fact, there was some sort of bundling available with it and CF

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread M.A. Kruger
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 andr...@andyscott.id.au wrote: And for fuck sake my name is not Scott, but then if you can

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Wil Genovese
I guess we could just ask Nick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bradbury Who knew he had his own Wikipedia page? Wil Genovese On Jan 14, 2015, at 8:52 PM, Andrew Scott andr...@andyscott.id.au wrote: Because Homesite and Studio where to be its replacement and when Nick wasn't

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Paul Hastings
On 1/15/2015 8:24 AM, Dave Watts wrote: I know about it, because I used Homesite before Allaire bought it. I switched from HotDog to Homesite before Allaire got involved. After hotdog? homesite? geez, kids today don't know how lucky they got it. hands up if you remember the 1st commercial

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
​Dave, I don't recall what the features where, but I tried to upgrade to Homesite+ and all the features that I came used too, where not in Homesite+ when Studio was discontinued. That was when I switched to Dreamweaver, but I can dig up the emails where I asked Macromedia to include those in

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
Ok it appears I have my dates wrong. Homesite was 1995, ColdFusion studio was 1996 and Homesite+ was 1998. But it still doesn't excuse the fact that Studio was the better of them all, it had more features than Homesite put together and Homesite+ when introduced, did not have everything that

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Russ Michaels
because it was FREE and used to come on CD with Dreamweaver and CF I believe On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:11 AM, Andrew Scott andr...@andyscott.id.au wrote: I can never understand why Homesite was so popular, it's bigger brother was the better of the two. Which was Studio. But as it is old and

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
Because Homesite and Studio where to be its replacement and when Nick wasn't happy with Macromedia he left and continued development on Topstyle. Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:46 PM,

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Andrew Scott
So was Studio as it was shipped with ColdFusion 5. Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: because it was FREE and used to come on CD with

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Dave Watts
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

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Rob Voyle
I had problems with studio on win 7 freezing when doing extended search/replace which was what I continued to use homesite for. Rob On 15 Jan 2015 at 2:57, Andrew Scott wrote: So was Studio as it was shipped with ColdFusion 5.

Re: CF Builder 3

2015-01-14 Thread Wil Genovese
Starting way back in 1996 Homesite was the popular HTML editor BEFORE Allaire bought it from Nick Bradbury. It was in heavy competition with HotDog HTML Editor. Allaire made a deal with Nick and brought Homesite and him to Allaire. Then they made the CFStudio variant of Homesite. So Homesite