EVERYONE ITS BEEN RELEASED CHECK IT OUT AND POST YOU COMMENTS !

IM STARTING TO FIND NEW FEATURES !

http://www.macromedia.com/

..been using it for a while now and so far, I'm not really impressed. That's not to say the new features arn't worth the money, but it's nothing I think the normal designer needs to worry about (that goes with the entire MX04 line, not just the studio package).

Well Dreamweavers CSS support is MUCH nicer. It was always too 'clunky' with CSS before

Well, I found MX to be rather buggy in display and operation. They released one fix, but it still had things that don't work properly, in my opinion.
Pay for yet another version when they left the last one unfinished? Don't think so.

yeh, now i've used it a little more though things like css support is much better, i dont like the way they changed the menu's personally, but all the features are mostly little and i think it should of been more of an upgrade package to MX for a lot cheap instead of a brand new suite.

Really greedy of them! :(
The menus are bad now, I don't like what they did.
While the graphics on the left are nicer, they are just tools and maybe should have been left plain.

But what they did to the windows is bad.


I got the trial version of it, and I decided to stay with MX.. (fireworks MX [6])

I can't beleive it already, lol

Take care,
Lori :D

Originally posted by pagekeeper
yeh, now i've used it a little more though things like css support is much better, i dont like the way they changed the menu's personally, but all the features are mostly little and i think it should of been more of an upgrade package to MX for a lot cheap instead of a brand whole new suite. Here's another thought: My version of Flash (MX) has action scripting and the ability to handle and create web forms. The new "standard" ($399) upgrade package Flash version does not. For an extra $100, you can get the "pro" version, that has that added (back) in.
Nice, MM.

well i suppose its all corporate gain to me, they get richer as we get skint :(

i think this shouldnt have been released untill next year to be honest.

this was definatly an attempt to make money. I still rather use top style for css.

Originally posted by bear
Here's another thought: My version of Flash (MX) has action scripting and the ability to handle and create web forms. The new "standard" ($399) upgrade package Flash version does not. For an extra $100, you can get the "pro" version, that has that added (back) in.
Nice, MM.

http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/comparison/

Ummm according to this page both have ActionScript 2.0. However forms are in pro

Originally posted by Rich2k
Ummm according to this page both have ActionScript 2.0. However forms are in pro Interesting..I'd have sworn I read Action Scripting wasn't in both...but my MX still can do forms, where MX 2004 (regular) can't, apparently. Still seems something of a downgrade.

Thanks for the heads up.

If you're a designer, don't bother upgrading!

For developers it's a must!

I got the studio mx 02 educational version. New to dreamweaver and hope to learn how to use it soon. Do any of you recomend any software or books that will teach me how to use this software?
thanks
Joel

umbrello, the best way to learn macromedia is keep using it, its taken me a long time to get where i am but its worth it and you take in more. i also didnt have any money aswell :( . Its also worth learning the adobe suite e.g photoshop, imageready - i use image ready often cause of the amount you can compress an image you've created especially when designing website.The other way is to take a course or something i dont know any books may be someone else could metion about that.

mx 2004 : well i think its still majorly wrong, im a designer and a delevoper and i'd rather keep the normal mx version. of course this is my view :D

Macromedia has gone the way of Microsoft. They now require you to activate the product after install. At least they allow you two activations so that it can be installed on a laptop and a desktop.

Adobe has now gone this way too. (Photoshop CS)
It feels as if they are all trying to get us to go with a subscription model of payment, forcing users into new versions later, once they make the current version "obsolete" by shutting down the activation servers.
Imagine if Win98 was 'activation enabled' and MS decided not to support anymore (which they have). Suddenly you're forced into the next version because you can no longer activate it if you format. So now they have a new version each year, or slightly changed ones that replace the previous one, at a charge.

Bad times for the consumer ahead.

flash mx does forms? that's news to me! flash mx 2004 is far, far superior for developers, as actionscript is more like java now and moving closer to object-orientedness. they even put in (gasp) type-checking!

HOLD UP whats this activation business????

U mean if i was to get this i wud have to activate it online before i can use it.
I like to format my computer often so would i need to activate it everytime i format, as for activating it twice does this mean you cant activate after 'so many' formats ?!

Yes it means you have to activate online or by phone with Macromedia.

You have nothing to fear by formatting your machine. You have every legal right to reinstall it, you may just have to phone Macromedia to confirm that. That's how Microsoft's one works anyway (especially MSDN as they expect you to be formatting all of the time)

Originally posted by Rich2k
Yes it means you have to activate online or by phone with Macromedia.

You have nothing to fear by formatting your machine. You have every legal right to reinstall it, you may just have to phone Macromedia to confirm that. That's how Microsoft's one works anyway (especially MSDN as they expect you to be formatting all of the time) Phew thats ok then i for a minute there i thaught 2 was the absolute limit.

Originally posted by bear
Adobe has now gone this way too. (Photoshop CS)
It feels as if they are all trying to get us to go with a subscription model of payment, forcing users into new versions later, once they make the current version "obsolete" by shutting down the activation servers.
Imagine if Win98 was 'activation enabled' and MS decided not to support anymore (which they have). Suddenly you're forced into the next version because you can no longer activate it if you format. So now they have a new version each year, or slightly changed ones that replace the previous one, at a charge.

Bad times for the consumer ahead.

Damn, you just gave microsoft a "great" idea!

Your forced to use windows anyway, why not force everybody to use the LATEST version of it too?

Bill will be happy if he hears about this....

Time to start learning the gimp...

http://www.gimp.org/

B

Originally posted by websterworld
Bill will be happy if he hears about this.... What does a guy worth $41 billion have to be happy about? :D
Seriously, I doubt the idea hadn't crossed their minds already....

Latest version of Norton software requires product activation too.

I used MX2004 just because MX was very bad and buggy for me. Please note that MM is getting like MS: some systems run their software just fine, others crash almost immediately. For me, MX was worse and MX2004 is better.

I used MX2004 just because MX was very bad and buggy for me. Please note that MM is getting like MS: some systems run their software just fine, others crash almost immediately. For me, MX was worse and MX2004 is better.

I agree, my DWMX keeps crashing my computer!

hmm works fine for me :)

Using Dreamweaver and I must say, the increased CSS integration is excellent. Everything else is pretty much the same. The interface is a bit polished up, but it looks good and it's still a resourceful tool.

Regards,
Mark

Downloading trial version now. :)

yeah.. and if you run win98 or older, don't download 2004. It doesn't run on 98. I called support, and they no longer even have download links available for the old version... the damn woman told me I should go get XP so I can use their products. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR at Macromedia. I had it backed up, but should something happen to my system now, I'd be screwed. There'd be no way to reactivate my current version or anything. :angry: :bawling:

No fireworks for me.

And what part of http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/productinfo/systemreqs/ didn't you read?

Windows
600 MHz Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent
Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
800 MB available disk space

Second edition only or higher. Sorry but I have no sympathy if you don't read the system requirements.

As of the 16th Jan next year Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 98 so how can you expect other manufacturers too when the guys who wrote it won't.