Dreamweaver MX 2004
Dreamweaver is my Web page design app of choice.
It's both deep and intuitive, and is the preferred tool for a majority of Web page designers.
Dreamweaver integrates very nicely with Fireworks, an imaging program that's oriented towards creating buttons and rollovers and optimizing images for the Web.
Macromedia's done a great job with the interface design on both these programs, which have a minimum of screen clutter.
It takes powerful but certainly under-used cascading style sheets (CSS) and makes them central.
CSS can be intimidating for those not well-versed in it, but Dreamweaver's new CSS tools remove the fear, letting you spend more of your time creating clean-coded pages and less time worrying about that code.
The programmers behind Dreamweaver MX 2004 have gotten behind CSS in a major way, hoping to make it as widely used as it should be, and allowing many to tap its power for the first time.
We love the improved integration with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Like many other Dreamweaver improvements, it feels so needed and so worthwhile that you wonder why it didn't exist sooner. Users can copy and past from Word or Excel and know that the results will look exactly like the originals, down to the fonts, colors, and CSS styles.
Key Features
- New Dynamic Cross-Browser Validation
- Richer, More Powerful CSS Support
- Built-In Graphics Editing
- Secure FTP
- Increased Support for Today's Technologies
- Seamless Integration with External Files and Code
- Tighter Integration with Other Macromedia Tools
- Improved Support for the Basics
- Enhanced Coding Tools
Richer, More Powerful CSS Support
Create sophisticated, standards-based sites. Design and render intricate CSS-based layouts and designs more easily and precisely than ever before.
Built-In Graphics Editing
Crop, resize, and make minor edits without leaving Dreamweaver by using built-in Macromedia Fireworks technology.
Secure FTP
Fully encrypt all file transfers and prevent unauthorized access to your data, file contents, usernames, and passwords with Secure FTP.
Increased Support for Today's Technologies
Continue to work in a platform-independent development environment that supports ColdFusion, J2EE, PHP, .NET, and all other leading server technologies.
Seamless Integration with External Files and Code
Copy and paste from Microsoft Word and Excel documents directly into Dreamweaver while preserving fonts, colors, and CSS styles.
Tighter Integration with Other Macromedia Tools
Enhance productivity with tighter integration with Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, and other design and development tools in the Macromedia Studio MX 2004 suite.
Manage the basics better with improved table editing tools, an updated insert bar that provides a customizable ‘favorites’ area, and a streamlined file editing process that speeds up file downloads and replacements.
Enhanced Coding Tools
Code more efficiently with time-saving enhancements like right click coding tools, revamped find and replace, and a selection inspector that enables quick, comprehensive property editing.
Find things faster with an improved user interface that maximizes the usable workspace, shows context and focus more clearly, and is highly approachable and logical. A new start screen provides quick access to recently used files and tutorial resources.
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