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Summary: Review for Dreamweaver 5
Review: -This review is for Dreamweaver 5- I absolutely love this software. I had Adobe Go Live but I never seemed to take to it like I did with Dreamweaver. Once it was installed within a day, I had made several webpages. As I continued to use it I learned more and more intuitively without needing much guidance from the manual. As a user you can create your webpages visually or in code mode, this makes it a great option for anyone no matter what your skill - it can be adjusted to suit your needs. You can learn and develop your webpage skills as much or as little as you like. You do not need to be intimidated by it's high price. You can learn it and the cost is well worth the output. ...
I don't have to look for anything else, I have hit paydirt with this program! If you are using Front Page or any other visual interface for ease, you know that you are trapped into a forced format, get this program and you will understand the freedom of control without fear!
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Summary: As a web designer...
Review: ...no two pieces of software make my job easier than Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Managing multiple large sites is a breeze with these two, and allows me to all but give up hand coding (and focus more on design). Older versions required much more tweaking of the code in order to get some results, but with version 4.0, Macromedia has succeeded in making DW generate such good code, that I rarely have to fiddle with it. The features and ease of use are top of the line, and out do GoLive and other competing software in many areas. Fireworks is a must for easily creating great navigation and slicing up images in a fraction of the time it used to take. I still rely on Photoshop for many things, but most all other work is done in these two apps.IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER: I HIGHLY reccomend purchasing this package, as you will be creating semi-complex sites in no time. While it helps to know HTML/JavaScript, you don't need to know much about them with this software. IF YOU A PROFESSIONAL: Whether you are still hand coding (waiting for WYSIWYG editors to write better code), or using a competing product like GoLive, you must get your hands on these two. They are the best in the industry, and are must haves. Especially for designers/developers who work alone or in a small crew and are responsible for multiple sites and need to make updates quickly. Software rarely is made this well.
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Summary: The ultimate in web design software
Review: Being a web developer just got a whole lot easier thanks to Macromedia. Dreamweaver and Fireworks are both excellent programs in-and-of themselves, but together they make a lethal combination.
Packed with features for anyone ranging from the most inexperienced beginner to the mightiest webmaster, Studio 4 is very versatile. This package is fun to use because it takes the headache out of web design--all you have to do is actually design, and Studio takes care of all the technicalities. Fireworks is easy to use and, while not quite Photoshop, a very capable program. The graphics, animated gifs, and buttons you create are fully compatible with Dreamweaver, making it easy to use them on your site.
Dreamweaver is very user-friendly. All you have to do is organize the components of your site and Dreamweaver will build it for you. The result is a very attractive website.
This is the only web design software an amateur will ever need, and provides a good groundwork for professional designers too.
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Summary: The ultimate in web design software
Review: Being a web developer just got a whole lot easier thanks to Macromedia. Dreamweaver and Fireworks are both excellent programs in-and-of themselves, but together they make a lethal combination.
Packed with features for anyone ranging from the most inexperienced beginner to the mightiest webmaster, Studio 4 is very versatile. This package is fun to use because it takes the headache out of web design--all you have to do is actually design, and Studio takes care of all the technicalities. Fireworks is easy to use and, while not quite Photoshop, a very capable program. The graphics, animated gifs, and buttons you create are fully compatible with Dreamweaver, making it easy to use them on your site.
Dreamweaver is very user-friendly. All you have to do is organize the components of your site and Dreamweaver will build it for you. The result is a very attractive website.
This is the only web design software an amateur will ever need, and provides a good groundwork for professional designers too.
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Summary: Great combo
Review: Dreamweaver 4 is awesome as a WYSIWYG HTML editor, but it lets you get under the hood and fix code manually, too, if that's your bag. The HTML it generates is actually not that bad, either, if you know what to look for, so it can be a great time saver. The price may be prohibitively steep for novices or home users, but it's unquestionably worth the investment if you're buying for the office. Fireworks 4 is...um...interesting. I'm a Photoshop and Illustrator power-user, and must admit that I've been intrigued by Fireworks. If you're designing straight for the web, it's a great tool for the extra few bucks, but if you're doing print work too, stick with Photoshop. That being said, Fireworks does lots of cool stuff that neither Adobe program can do. A word of warning, though: Fireworks is a very full-featured application, and it may be a little overwhelming or confusing for novices. On the other hand, the robust feature set is balanced by an excellent help system and tutorials. Even Dreamweaver comes with an entire HTML reference book accessible from a palette in the interface. Nice touches like this really make this package shine.
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Summary: Dreamweaver 4 is amazing!
Review: Dreamweaver 4 is the premier web designer out there. It is tough to use if you have no experience using a program similar to it, but it is the best tool i have used. I have mad many a websites, and DW4 is byfar the best designer ive used(inlcduding FrontPage, Netscape, DW3, etc). Another great feature is the language reference it has. it has a full HTML reference within the program itself, which is great for finding that little ellusive tag you need. Also, it's Site program is top notch. if i change the directory of an image, it tells me all the files that need to be updated to tat change, and then it goes and changes all the code for me without doing any of the work! makes that very easy to do now, whereas beofre i had to go through every file and check, or just not change the directory or name
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Summary: easy and powerful
Review: Dreamweaver and fireworks are both great programs. After having used both programs for about 7 months, I can say with confidence that they are both worthy of 5 stars. I have used Dreamweaver and Fireworks to make what I feel is a professional-quality website in a matter of days. If you're interested, go to ... -- all of that is created with these two programs. Both are extremely easy to use- I had figured out most of the major features after 2 weeks of use. My only major gripe (and it's not that major) is that Fireworks doesn't have some of the heavy-duty image enhancements and eye candy effects (e.g. lens flare) like photoshop does. But that's not what these programs are meant to be- they are the perfect apps for putting great quality websites on the internet. And at that they succeed admirably.
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Summary: Not really what I was expecting...
Review: Dreamweaver is another program much like FrontPage.
This software is best used in the hands of someone
who's IT savvy and knows what they're doing from
the second the shrink wrap film comes off the box.
Not as simple to just click
and go as with FrontPage. Beginners beware. Semi-pros only.
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Summary: Simply THE best web dev combination
Review: DreamWeaver Rocks. Fireworks Rocks. Together they make for a spectacular web design/development combination. Dreamweaver is packed with features for the beginner through advanced web developer; it's easy and intuitive to use. It may take you a while to learn all the capabilities, but with each successive feature you discover and master, the development process becomes easier and faster. Fireworks is the best in class web graphics software. It integrates very well with DreamWeaver. Creating animated GIFs is a snap, as is image optimization (file compression), image map creation, and exploring full tables (HTML and all!) for use in DreamWeaver. You simply cannot go wrong with this package. Photoshop still has its place, but if you focus exclusively on the web and don't need to do exquisite image editing this bundle is all you need.
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Summary: Simply THE best web dev combination
Review: DreamWeaver Rocks. Fireworks Rocks. Together they make for a spectacular web design/development combination. Dreamweaver is packed with features for the beginner through advanced web developer; it's easy and intuitive to use. It may take you a while to learn all the capabilities, but with each successive feature you discover and master, the development process becomes easier and faster. Fireworks is the best in class web graphics software. It integrates very well with DreamWeaver. Creating animated GIFs is a snap, as is image optimization (file compression), image map creation, and exploring full tables (HTML and all!) for use in DreamWeaver. You simply cannot go wrong with this package. Photoshop still has its place, but if you focus exclusively on the web and don't need to do exquisite image editing this bundle is all you need.
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