Article:		Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Mac OS X
Subject:		Macromedia worst software for Mac ever
Date:		2004-01-16 07:25:06
From:		anonymous2
I was a hardcore Dreamweaver/Flash user at work and home for several years. Eventually I shelled out the money for Studio MX for OS X. After using this atrocity for the last year and half, I will never buy another Macromedia product again. Dreamweaver and Flash MX were filled with - at least - 100 bugs, irritants, performance issues and duplicable crash scenarios. They are hands down the two worst 'big name' app released for OS X yet. My theory is that Macromedia is fast becoming a PC-only company, and since they developed both OS 9 and OS X versions of each app in the original MX series (a stupid decision for sure), corners were cut. Even more unforgivable is the fact they refuse to fix their bugs and release . upgrades. Knowing Macromedia's track record first-hand, it really bothers me when I read reviews like this, Not only because you're being positive about what is reportedly a very negative product (I've yet to use MX 2004), but more because it forces me to ask, "If O'Reilly gives high marks to a product company this bad for the Mac, what else about them can't I trust?"

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• Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-16 08:13:10  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Keep in mind that Tim O'Reilly is now a member of Macromedia's Board of Directors.
• Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-16 10:48:22  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Wait a minute...
  
  1 Tim O'Reilly is on the BoD of Macromedia.
  
  2 A glowing review of a new MM product appears on his website.
  
  3 From the looks of the comment board, the review is completely off-base, as the app in question actually has significant performance issues on the Mac.
  
  
  I smell a rat...
• Re: Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-18 14:05:34  Derrick Story | [View]
  
  
  Are you kidding?
  
  First of all, you must not read this site much or know much about how we work. Tim's activities with Macromedia have no influence what so ever on the text posted on Mac DevCenter. The review posted was the opinion of the author, Jackie Dove, who is not even an O'Reilly employee. She does coordinate reviews for Macworld Magazine, so she has some experience at doing this.
  
  And, Jackie closed her review of Dreamweaver's features with a caution about its performance.
  
  I contributed a talkback a few days ago thanking readers for cautioning others about how this software runs on Mac OS X based on their experiences. I think the totality of the message (article plus talkbacks) are a very fair appraisal of this application.
  
  No rat here. The process is working exactly how it should.
• Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-16 10:46:22  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Then Tim's either jumped on a ship departing for PC waters, or he's got a lot of work to do to get them delivering decent Mac apps again. I hope it's the latter, but I'm not holding my breath. From the MM reps I've seen at conferences, the company is littered with arrogant pricks that have no interest in anything that's not from Microsoft.
  
  And I'm not saying this as a Mac zealot, just as a very disappointed MM customer. Either sell me something that works as advertised on my platform of choice, or don't sell it at all, but do NOT sell me a half-assed product and expect me to come back for more.
  
  Still, maybe Tim will set them straight.