Homesite Future - What would you want changed?

Question

There have been threads debating whether HomeSite was
orphaned or whether it would be upgraded or not. Since none of us
know, those are mainly ways we've all been expressing our
frustration.
Someone pointed out to me recently how useful HomeSite is
even now "as it is" (which I knew of course), but he also
enumerated some good arguments why there might not be much demand
for HomeSite to be upgraded. If fact he has trouble sometimes
convincing people to upgrade from HS 4.5, even when they already
have HS 5.5+ on a DW CD. While I disagree on some of his arguments,
he has a good point that
putting development resources into doing an upgrade only makes
sense for Adobe if there are compelling enough reasons for users to
pay to buy the new version.
Anyway, I have no idea if this is how Adobe is thinking, or
really what they are thinking at all, but I thought I'd start a
thread to see what you all think on this question.
What updates, features or fixes to HomeSite would you be most
interested in?
(to the point of being willing to pay for an upgrade,
assuming cost is reasonable)
Or some more detailed rephrasings that might jog your mind:
- What things would you be willing to pay (a reasonable amt) to
upgrade to get?
- Or what things would make you look elsewhere because they
aren't in HomeSite?
- What bugs or things about HS drive you nuts?
- What do you need/want to do in HomeSite that can't be done
using it's extensions?
So, anyone willing to put some thought into it? Please be
honest, not just posting little gripes, or things that would be
nice, but that you wouldn't be willing to shell out some $ for.
(you can post those things too, but please note which are which.)
And let's keep the scope here on this, not on the broader
arguments about whether Adobe will or should do patches or upgrades
or whether their dogs have fleas. We can use other threads for
that. ok? ;-)
thanks!!
jeff
p.s. No, this isn't Adobe's way of doing a user survey on the
cheap, it's just me posting to see what you all care about.
If it gives them motivation to do something - great, but this
is for us to talk together about what you think really *needs*
improvement in HS.

Answer 1

The most important change for me would be the capability to
use Unicode.
Neither editor I use (HS and Topstyle) support Unicode. The
first to do
this will draw many users from the other. This lack of
Unicode is a
major stumbling block to me.
JeffW wrote:
> There have been threads debating whether HomeSite was
orphaned or whether it
> would be upgraded or not. Since none of us know, those
are mainly ways we've
> all been expressing our frustration.
>
> Someone pointed out to me recently how useful HomeSite
is even now "as it is"
> (which I knew of course), but he also enumerated some
good arguments why there
> might not be much demand for HomeSite to be upgraded. If
fact he has trouble
> sometimes convincing people to upgrade from HS 4.5, even
when they already have
> HS 5.5+ on a DW CD. While I disagree on some of his
arguments, he has a good
> point that
putting development resources into doing an upgrade only makes
> sense for Adobe if there are compelling enough reasons
for users to pay to buy
> the new version.
>
> Anyway, I have no idea if this is how Adobe is thinking,
or really what they
> are thinking at all, but I thought I'd start a thread to
see what you all think
> on this question.
>
>
What updates, features or fixes to HomeSite would you be most
interested
> in?
> (to the point of being willing to pay for an upgrade,
assuming cost is
> reasonable)
>
> Or some more detailed rephrasings that might jog your
mind:
>
>
- What things would you be willing to pay (a reasonable amt) to
upgrade to
> get?
>
>
- Or what things would make you look elsewhere because they
aren't in
> HomeSite?
>
>
- What bugs or things about HS drive you nuts?
>
>
- What do you need/want to do in HomeSite that can't be done
using it's
> extensions?
>
> So, anyone willing to put some thought into it? Please
be honest, not just
> posting little gripes, or things that would be nice, but
that you wouldn't be
> willing to shell out some $ for. (you can post those
things too, but please
> note which are which.)
>
> And let's keep the scope here on this, not on the
broader arguments about
> whether Adobe will or should do patches or upgrades or
whether their dogs have
> fleas. We can use other threads for that. ok? ;-)
>
> thanks!!
> jeff
>
> p.s. No, this isn't Adobe's way of doing a user survey
on the cheap, it's just
> me posting to see what you all care about.
> If it gives them motivation to do something - great, but
this is for us to
> talk together about what you think really *needs*
improvement in HS.
>