MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX (Macromedia Dreamweaver MX)

Member Name: Jet Kirk

Product:	Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Date:	09/03/07 (62 review reads)
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Advantages: Very powerful application that will do anything you could possibly want!

Disadvantages: Complex to learn with lots of options for the simplest task.

This is one of the TITANS of Web Site Design programmes, competing only with HOT METAL PRO and a select couple of others.
Alas, when something can do just about anything, it takes a whole lot to get it to do the slightest thing.
This is not a software package to which you will take like the proverbial duck to water.
At first, it will be like sitting in the cockpit of a trans-Atlantic airliner......
Once you have learned the basics, however, you will loose much sleep on successive nights as you are lured to test things out and experiment.
Without a doubt, if you want to make something significant and powerful, this is the package for you.
Tell people you user Macromedia Dreamweaver and you'll not get sand kicked in your face at the beach!
If you are looking for graphics software to complement Dreamweaver, look no further than XARA WEBSTYLE, which has special integration for Dreamweaver and vice versa. Xara Webstyle generates all sort of web icons and menu very quickly with a powerful library of images and a shop window of images to buy from other people.
If you want a full graphics package for editing images then either SERIF PHOTOPLUS or CORAL PAINTSHOP PRO. Both of these pack a solid punch in terms of functionality and powerful tools - but PaintShop has to win on ease of use. Then again - if you've learned to fly Dreamweaver you'll be up for any challenge!

Summary: A hard hitter with bags of functionality and endless possibility.

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