Venting: Frustration over Transition to DW CS4

Please don't read this if you don't want to read a venting
post. I've got two gripes:
1. Am I the only one who feels like Adobe is forcing a new
workflow down my throat instead of providing a product that
actually helps me work?
I have lots of sites that were built in HTML and continue to
work fine. But when they're opened in CS4, many of the HTML
properties are either hidden or not available. (Background images
have to be inserted in Code View; many HTML positioning elements
are gone, etc.) What about backwards compatibility? Or are Adobe
programmers that dedicated to making me work the way THEY feel I
should? It feels a lot like a government agency.
2. What's with this W3C thing?
It feels like the Academie Francais having a language
prescribed. ("Microwave" is not a French word so we'll invent a
word and MAKE everyone use it!) Sure, I understand that any
language has to have rules, but why such a forced, drastic change?
Why are <head> </head> tags showing up as invalid? And
what about metatags? Why are these now gone? And who cares about
ALT tags? Sure, they help SEO with important images, but any decent
page has design splices where it shouldn't matter if they're not
named. (By the way, I checked the Wikipedia article on W3C for
errors at W3.org. There are errors.)
I've got a business to run. Programming is only 1 of 20
things I have to do daily. The amount of time it's taking to update
old sites, learn how to work with CSS, AND figure out why IE,
Firefox, Opera, etc. render pages differently (e.g. add spaces in
tables, ignore line returns, etc.) is enough to drive anyone nuts!
=Matt=

=Matt= wrote:
> 1. Am I the only one who feels like Adobe is forcing a
new workflow down my
> throat instead of providing a product that actually
helps me work?
If you still use the old ways to build websites, yes it is
forcing a new
workflow on you. If, on the other hand, you have already
embraced the
use of CSS, Dreamweaver CS4 makes your workflow easier.
> What about backwards compatibility?
You can still edit everything in Code view. If you don't like
that,
explore the Tag Inspector panel. It gives you access to every
property.
> Why are <head> </head> tags showing up as
invalid?
If they're showing up as invalid, it means there's something
wrong with
your page. Without seeing a page, I can only guess that
you're using
server-side includes that also contain head tags. An HTML
page can have
only one pair of html tags, one head, and one body. That
includes
everything that's in server-side includes. When everything is
put
together, they should form a single page.
> And what about
> metatags? Why are these now gone?
They're not gone.
> And who cares about ALT tags? Sure, they help
> SEO with important images, but any decent page has
design splices where it
> shouldn't matter if they're not named.
They're not tags, but attributes. The alt attribute is
required for the
benefit of non-visual browsers, such as those used by the
blind. If the
image serves only a decorative purpose, select <empty>
from the
Alternate text field. This inserts alt="", which keeps your
code valid.
> I've got a business to run. Programming is only 1 of 20
things I have to do
> daily.
Perhaps now's the time to consider whether you would be
better off
paying a professional to do the website maintenance while you
look after
your main business.
I can understand your frustration. A lot of people want
Dreamweaver to
do only a few basic tasks. However, website design and
construction is
becoming increasingly complex. I wouldn't be surprised if
future
versions of Dreamweaver introduce more changes that are aimed
at the
professional rather than the casual user.
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
http://foundationphp.com

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