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Dreamweaver Is Dying; Long Live Drupal!

Barence writes "Here's an interesting blog post by a designer who reckons Dreamweaver is dying. It's not Dreamweaver's fault, though. Nor is the problem Adobe and its development team — the last Dreamweaver CS4 version was the most impressive release in years. Moreover, although Microsoft Expression Web poses a far more credible threat than FrontPage could muster, Dreamweaver remains the best HTML/CSS page-based editor available. The real problem for Dreamweaver and for its users is that the nature of the web is changing dramatically."

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  1. Death... in MY Dreamweaver? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I highly doubt this, I check NetCraft daily, and I've seen NO confirmation of Dreamweaver dying!

    1. Re:Death... in MY Dreamweaver? by Netcraft+Confirms+It · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dreamweaver isn't dying. Otherwise I would have confirmed it.

  2. Re:1st post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Congratulations on getting first post. A copy of Microsoft Windows Live Expression Web Express Edition is in the mail.

  3. No design needed by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's true, most people who make sites in Drupal, Wordpress, etc. clearly didn't spend more than 10 minutes on the design.

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    There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
  4. Long Live DruPaul? by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's the drag queen singer/performance artist who's working on a reality show, right?

    1. Re:Long Live DruPaul? by dangitman · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, but it's coded in PHP. Witness the drama as straight tables go head-to-head with the polyamorous CSS shapeshifters, and a love-triangle forms when sexy interloper Ajax is suddenly introduced to the show.

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  5. still relevant to moms everywhere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dreamweaver will always have a place next to microsoft word for helping moms everywhere create hideous, 1990's-era web pages.

    Posted anonymously because I have one of those moms, and I'd hate to break her heart. She things her pages are awesome.

  6. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Trails · · Score: 2, Funny

    #shutTheFuckUp{ /*put your style rules here*/
    }

    Shut the fuck up

    There ya go.

  7. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by risk+one · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely you would want to use this more than once per page...

    I would suggest something like:

    .shut-the-fuck-up {
    text-decoration: blink;
    }

  8. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Ihmhi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I use Notepad, MS Paint, and my browser to do my web design.

    Now get off my lawn you hooligans!

  9. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use Notepad, MS Paint, and my browser to do my web design.

    Now get off my lawn you hooligans!

    What are you doing using a GUI? That just slows things down! I use nano to create my Gopher pages, and that's the way I likes it!

    Think I'm joking? Check out my Slashdot user number...

    Okay, I'm joking. :)

  10. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course by then, I was so far in front of them, that it again was black magic to them

    According to Clarke's Third Law, that means your web development skills are sufficiently advanced. Kudos!

  11. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 4, Funny

    I use a large stick to do my web design. How? Well, I go down to my basement and hit the Chinese illegal immigrant I have chained to my PC until he makes the page I want.

  12. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by i.r.id10t · · Score: 2, Funny

    I write in plain text, wrapped at 50 chars per line, and make my viewers telnet to port 80 and manually GET the pages you insensitive clod!

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    Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
  13. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by ToxicBanjo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was wondering why your lawn doesn't look the same from different sides of the street.

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  14. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Gerald · · Score: 4, Funny

    80 characters should be enough for anyone.

  15. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by aliquis · · Score: 4, Funny

    I use a large stick to do my web design. How? Well, I go down to my basement and hit the Chinese illegal immigrant I have chained to my PC until he makes the page I want.

    Funny, I do the same to the now unemployed american citizen who can't get well-fare thanks to his country's bankruptcy.

    / The future chinese dude.

  16. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by aliquis · · Score: 2, Funny

    I draw my design with ink on the IBM punchcard which I when mail to everyone who wants them.

  17. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Fred_A · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't see why you'd need CMYK for the web...

    Because some people print their webpages, duh.

    You're obviously not an elite webdesigner.

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    May contain traces of nut.
    Made from the freshest electrons.
  18. I want my, I want my, I want my MTV by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try using Django. kthxbai

    To be fair, that's more MTV.

    Does that mean web developers who use Django get their money for nothing and their chicks for free?

  19. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? by Upphew · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use a large stick to do my web design. How? Well, I go down to my basement and hit the Chinese illegal immigrant I have chained to my PC until he makes the page I want.

    You make Chinese illegal immigrant to mate with the page you want?!? Oh, make...