Review: Dreamweaver CS3
- Article 45 of 89
- MacFormat, June 2007
Dreamweaver’s the industry leader, but it’s in new hands. Has Adobe carried on where Macromedia left off?
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Unfortunately, while we’ve already covered the JavaScript side of AJAX, there’s also XML to consider. Most of the widgets rely to some degree on XML, so if that scares you as much as Dreamweaver’s Bindings palette, the Spry widgets won’t be your cup of tea. If XML is your thing, though, be doubly happy because XML handling in Dreamweaver is significantly easier in CS3 and the Spry widgets make it all a lot easier to use.
Dreamweaver CS3 is not the absolute tour de force you might have hoped for from Adobe. It lacks built-in support of Web 2.0 features such as blogs, podcasts and so on. It still feels a little clumsy in comparison to GoLive, with its constant addiction to dialogue boxes. But Dreamweaver CS3 has definitely benefited from its period in new ownership. CS3 is a worthwhile purchase at £393 for the full version, £163 for the upgrade, for anyone who’s into serious web design.
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