MySoftwareOutlet: Software: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

39 reviews
Sales Rank: 3286

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 98, Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Windows Me
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 3.2 x 0.7

MPN: DWW060D000
UPC: 044431336529
EAN: 0044431336529
ASIN: B000066E8H

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More Crashes Less Work Done July 27, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful

This product consistently crashes multiple times a day. Usually javascript errors or unknown errors. Yes it does rewrite code incorrectly at times and has cost me more work lost than I could actually get done by using it. It is ust an overbloated text editor. Support is horrible. This product is a waste of time and has been since it first introduction. I only use it occasionally because it is slightly better than the most basic text editor and then I still cringe.

1 out of 5 stars

You can do better October 20, 2004
26 out of 28 found this review helpful

As a professional web designer and the web lead for my company, I chose DreamWeaver MX for our primary Web-IDE. It is a decision I have come to regret.

DreamWeaver makes many fine promises, but like a presidential candidate, once it's in the office, it fails to keep those promises. Let me give you some idea what I'm talking about:

Version control:
DreamWeaver's version control is very simplistic, and to be fair, DreamWeaver integrates with MS VSS and Macromedia's own versioning system, but using the built in version control with DreamWeaver can easily lead to overwritten code and lost files (as in lost forever). DreamWeaver does not play well with CVS or Subversion.

Stability:
DreamWeaver crashes at least once daily, sometimes with a warning, but usually without. Javascript errors abound. I upgraded my operating system from Windows 2000 to XP Professional in the hopes that I was seeing integration problems, but alas, the crashes continue unabated.

Templates:
The real reason I chose DreamWeaver was its sophisticated templating system, which would allow me to write parts of the code and farm out the content management to my colleagues, who use either DreamWeaver or Contribute (a WYSIWYG content-management partner for DreamWeaver). Unfortunately, DreamWeaver doesn't have a clear grasp of what is editable and what is not. We have noticed that DreamWeaver and Contribute both sometimes will prevent legitimate edits. What's worse, however, is that DreamWeaver will lose changes to regions that it incorrectly deems uneditable. Depending on the particular situation, DreamWeaver may or may not tell you that it has refused your change.

WYSIWYG/Contribute:
It's difficult enough to write code that works in more than one web browser, but if you want your standards-compliant, tableless code to look good in DreamWeaver and Contribute, you had better be prepared to spend a few more hours on each page.

Consumer: You can do better. You probably would save yourself an ulcer writing code in a text-editor.

Macromedia: You can do better. Fix the bugs. Make DreamWeaver standards compliant and integrate CVS and Subversion support into it.

3 out of 5 stars

Dreamweaver MX 2004 - good for PHP, bad for people May 11, 2004
7 out of 10 found this review helpful

I am a big fan of Dreamweaver 4 and have been trying MX 2004 because my DW4 broke. All i can say is it's a great for writing PHP scripts and not much else. Once i switch to design view, i am confronted with stupid things like the cut and paste feature messesing with my code.

If you Google the phrase "Dreamweaver 4 compatible editable regions", you'll find a hack useful in helping all who still stick to the old DW4 template syntex.

1 out of 5 stars Macromedia...you've lost my business. April 12, 2004
17 out of 21 found this review helpful

Macromedia...you've lost my business. Other reviewers are right...Dreamweaver has become bloat-ware with too many features no true web-professional needs.

Once upon a time I loved Dreamweaver. It was a great code editor with a simple to use FTP client. But, I've had enough; Dreamweaver MX crashes on me 4X a day on average. I'm going in search of a clean and simple code editor. If I can find one that has some kind of code complete feature for XHTML, CSS and ASP.net, so much the better.

Furthermore, thanks to WYSIWYG editors, I fear that too many developers out there don't really know what they are doing anymore. If you're a novice, here is my advice: learn to hand-code XHTML & CSS for your front-end web development and embrace W3C web standards. I'm serious...do this and you will become a very valuable resource...maybe I'll hire you someday.

Always remember this: the code editor is not your tool; the code is.

1 out of 5 stars n00b prog February 2, 2004
7 out of 15 found this review helpful

DW MX is a WYSIMOLWIG (what you see is more or less what you get) program, for n00bs who want to make a website. I'm a proffesional coder (html, php, asp, js, cgi, perl, css and i can also wark with c(++), vbs and pascal), and this program sux. If you want to make a website, go get yourself a book about html, later php and asp. If you make a website yourself in pure html, you exactly know what you're doing opposite to dreamweaver. I only use dreamweaver sometimes, to look up a tag, testing a php script or testing something on my html pages.
Conclusion: dreamweaver is defenetly NOT worth its price actually, it would be a nice program for quick testing if it was free.