Re: DreamWeaver 3.0 vs. DreamWeaver 4.0

Emily,

         I have used Dreamweaver 2.0, 3.0 and now 4.0. The short answer is 
"4.0 is worth every penny to upgrade."

         However, what I did was upgrade to Dreamweaver Ultradev 4.0 and 
get off the Dreamweaver upgrade path. Ultradev is a superset of features in 
Dreamweaver. You can do everything in Ultradev you can do in DW. However, 
you get the ability to use it for dynamic sites. ASP, JSP and Cold Fusion 
are there with syntax highlighting. In my opinion Ultradev 3.0 was severely 
hampered without syntax highlighting.

         Now as far as features of DW 4.0 the split window code and WYSIWYG 
view is invaluable. I do a lot of bouncing around between code and wysiwyg, 
so having the same window is great. The code window is not modal also, 
which is a big help. You know how when you opened up the code view in 3.0 
you got the code view for all pages when you taskbar'd over to them? That 
does not happen anymore, now you can get different views for different 
pages you are working on. One can be split, one can be just code, and one 
can be just WYSIWYG.

         There are new layout tools, which I have found useful, if not a 
little confusing at first. I sense their power, but there is a little bit 
of a learning curve. There is a button in the table properties to change 
table widths from pixels to percents and vice versa.

         The list goes on and on. If you are using DW as your primary 
development tool, I don't know that you can really go wrong upgrading. If 
you are dabbling, then you might have other things to think about. If you 
are using DW 3.0 and you like it, you will love 4.0

         Anyway, that's my 2c.

HTH,
Stephen

At 10:29 AM 01/23/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>I have a friend who is using his own a bought-and-paid-for copy of 
>DreamWeaver 3.0.  Rumor has it that DreamWeaver 4.0 is "significantly" 
>better.  In your experience, is it -- $149 better?  Or, $180 better with 
>FireWorks?
>
>Thanks for any input you have.
>
>Oh, and, please, let's not turn this into a discussion of to-DW or 
>not-to-DW.  This particular individual has settled on DW as one of his 
>tools of choice.  He cannot be converted to FrontPage or Arachnophobia or 
>just-plain-text-editing or anything else.  (I've tried...)
>
>--Emily
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