madwebllc wrote:
Someone here suggested using Muse. Quite frankly I find MS Frontpage a more effective solution then Muse.
Woah, wait a minute there, that was me merely responding (cheekily, granted) to a black-or-white fallacy comment earlier in this thread. I wouldn't even touch Muse with a ten-foot pole for any web project due to its abysmal code output.
So it is taken out of context. The problem with text-only communication like these forum is that we lose more than 90% of the intent of the message, and it leads to misunderstandings. I always try to read between the lines, more than anything else.
I still think you have misunderstood Nancy's intentions in regards to the Design View - I am reading a very different intent behind her words, and I do not see her as an Adobe apologist at all (and I have read other posts by her that lead me to believe it is the opposite - she is trying to be constructive instead of overly critical, which generally leads nowhere: solution-oriented thinking rather than problem-oriented thinking). Please do not make her into a strawman.
I do agree with you that Adobe's DW team should be more careful in the future regarding the implementation and removal of features - it needs a kick-*** modernized live view that is quick and flexible for visual editing of content. It used to be one of the main strengths of DW, and it no longer is. Just try out Macaw to see how a excellently implemented live view can work (or PineGrow) The legacy DV will (and should) be removed, but I totally concur that this is not the way to go about it, by removing features users depend on, and then expecting them to just roll over, not providing any fall backs or alternative workflows.
It is also completely wrong to abuse your regular user base as a bunch of beta testers - but then again, since Adobe went CC subscription-only I have noticed a tendency to regard their users as one super duper beta tester group - with most of their products. But perhaps that is just me.
