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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 29 May 2004 : 14:58:07
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I'm thinking of getting Dreamweaver MX 2004 - but its £350 and for a kid who isn't actually earning anything thats a lot of money... so is it really worth £350?
I've never used it myself - I was going to download the free trial but i've got a VERY dodgy 56k... I'd never get the download completed! But what I've heard from people who do use it it's very good - but then again every one I know who uses it never had to pay for it themselves... So I'm guessing quite a few of you guys use it - how good is it (and don't compare it to frontpage - even my 50 quid Namo Webeditor beats that lol)? More importantly is it worth that much?
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DavidRhodes
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 May 2004 : 15:32:06
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| Depends what you will use it for? Design or coding? |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2004 : 15:50:01
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| both i guess |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 29 May 2004 : 17:04:31
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If you are thinking of buying it, download the trial first. There is no way I would spend that kind of money on a program based off of what others say about it.
There are programs out there that will resume your downloads for you, so you can continue downloading the file even if your connection is broken. I personally enjoy using Getright (http://www.getright.com).
After you have downloaded the trial, test it out as much as you can. Create pages with it, check out the features. Do your normal work with it. Go through the tuturials. Then after the trial period is over, and you still want it, go ahead and buy it.
I think it's an impressive program. More impressive than thier previous versions. Never liked thier previous versions at all. Kept modifying my code. Outputting incorrect html tags etc.
But this version is good. |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2004 : 17:12:38
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ok cheers i will try that... i had netants but it kinda stopped working (hell nos why), ill download getright and use that...
its still gonna be a good weeks downloading tho - 100mb on a dodgy 56k... id rather burn in hell but hey lol |
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fishsticks
New Member
USA
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Posted - 29 May 2004 : 18:23:53
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I personally would not. I'd just rather code it by hand. Dreamweaver can't do things that can't be done by hand-coding it.
Are you a student? If so, you can get a massive discount at Gradware.com. I think Macromedia Studio MX (Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and FreeHand) is only $250, which is what 180 pounds? I don't know. |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 May 2004 : 18:57:06
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| lol not if they count student as 18-end of education :(... or 16-end of education for that matter lol. |
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fishsticks
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USA
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2004 : 06:15:28
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| they'll only do fulltime school if its "accredited by a recognised accrediting US agency"... shame I was looking forward to getting StudioMX for 200 quid lol |
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cladon
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Belgium
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chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2004 : 15:53:56
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| you can usually get it on cover CDs on comp mags so you dont have to d/l it. have a look next time you are in W.H.Smith |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2004 : 16:11:28
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| hmm hav tried the trial version once methinks - on a mag like u said lol cant remember wot its called but hey... ive found Studio for £180 with an academic license... |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 31 May 2004 : 01:59:57
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| Personally I don't think it's worth it. Find a good free, or even cheap text editor and you should get used to it, and won't need anything else. |
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 31 May 2004 : 02:38:45
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First of all as a hobbist who's trying to code (I use that term very loosely  ) and populate my site with content at the same time, anything that helps me get my site together faster is worth it.
If I really planned on making money using my site, I'd ask a professional to do the work for me. I don't think it's realistic to expect DW or any other tool to build all that you'd need. I'm the one building a business. Someone far better qualified can build the site.
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