Your post above had this reply in part.
"In that case you would be better off using Muse, instead of Dreamweaver. DW is a coding environment, with some visual assistance to speed up development. Muse allows you to layout a web page without any coding at all."
That didn't sound "cheekily" or in jest at all, but rather a serious reply to someone who had same concerns as I. If it was, so be it and I read that wrong. It was however just another example I saw here and elsewhere of the dismissive attitudes shown by some when people may present questions that seem amateur to them. Its not helpful at all.
Side Note: I retract what I said about Muse comparing it to MS FrontPage. If Muse makes you a product you and your customer are happy with.. keep using it and best of luck.
You do bring up a great point about Adobe business model in this situation. It is out of date and it does give the impression of trying to keep customers in the dark. That is another aspect of what is frustrating with menu and DV for that matter. Case in point a post from Preran dated "July 24th 2013
"About the query on why we did not introduce jQuery menu widgets in CC (version 13.0), it was because the jQuery menu module (specification) wasn't quite complete at that time.
We definitely have a plan to integrate jQuery menu widget in Dreamweaver, but we are still working on a date for this one."
I think a reasonable person would expect this would be done by now. But fast forward to a day ago from Preran:
"The reason why we do not commit anything on a public platform is because information about an update isn't final until testing is complete and the update is ready for public release.
As messengers, Adobe employees engaged on the forum try to provide as much information as we can based on the company's policy."
So which message do I listen to? With the way things are going right now that question won't get a straight answer. So again to your point.. the way the message is given needs to change.