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First impressions – Dreamweaver CS4

Thomas — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:06:03 +0000

Adobe recently announced the release of Dreamweaver CS4 Beta on Adobe labs. To avoid repeating the news you can read all about the new features in Dreamweaver CS4 there. If you already have a licensed copy (CS3) all you need to do is locate your serial number and download the CS4 beta release.

Installation didn’t go completely without hiccups (freeze), but on my third attempt it all seemed to go smoothly. Start up and closing time is indeed speedier than CS3, and the GUI is simply outstanding:

As you can clearly see from the snapshot you now have a lot more working space. Also the enhanced integration with all new Adobe products makes it easy to work with, and also makes you want to explore new publishing areas.

Conclusion: If you liked CS3, you are going to love CS4!

Anyone else tried the new beta? I’d love to hear what your impressions are…

Another Dreamweaver bug

Thomas — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:33 +0000

November last year I wrote a post about a bug in Dreamweaver CS3 that makes it crash after Daylight Saving Time Ends. Yesterday it all started again, but this time the application didn’t crash but was constantly opening an alert box informing me that an extension (MySQL) wasn’t working properly.

Luckily I found the fix on adobe.com. So in case you are having the same symptoms take a look at this article about re-creating your user configuration folder.

Quick summary

XP users can follow these simple steps first to try and correct the issue:

Quit Dreamweaver.
Go to Start > My Computer.
Rename Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration to Configuration Old.
Start Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver creates a new Configuration folder.

If this doesn’t solve your problems read the full article for more options.