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GoLive runs great on Windows
I am on Windows XP and have not had any problems with crashes at all using Golive CS. I also use the Premium Creative Suite and have a nVidia card on my system with not a hint of trouble. GoLive and the entire Creative Suite work GREAT for this Windows user. I don't believe any of the anti CS hype because it's not happening to me. You cannot beat the pdf workflow either. It's awesome!
GoLive CS CRASHES constantly
I previouly posted glowing reports to this forum about GoLive CS. I am sorry to say that I take all good words back. GoLive CS crashes constantly when handling text. It is the most unstable application on my system. Almost not useable at all with earlier posts.
So Forgive my previous glowing remarks. GoLive CS is a very unstable application. I wish it were different. I REALLY wish it were different.
GoLive CS --- a good upgrade
Excellent, complete article. I use GoLive CS everyday. I am more of a visual designer than a web site coder. I can build excellent websites without knowing any code. It is also very easy to learn. I would recommend it to any visual designer that does not want to code by hand even though you can code by hand just fine in GoLive CS. I love GoLive CS, it's great!
GoLive is the weak point on the CS chaim
I agree with the article, very good as usually are Mr. Penston's. But I think it must be more incisive about the GoLive CS problems. And there are a lot of.
Firstly, the Dynamic Content removal is an important issue. It makes CS a downgrade from version 6.0 for everybody who manages data-driven sites. And this kind of site tends to be more and more used, forcing design professionals to have a tool to bind their pages to DB sources.
In Adobe Forum the DC removal was deeply discussed. Some maintain this is not a great problem as one could always achieve these results by hand-coding the pages. True, but this is also true about making tables, links and everything else in webdesign. So, must Adobe also remove the other WYSIWYG tools from GoLive? Other say DC was dificult to manage. False. DC is very easy to use and in most cases the difficult is related with DB concepts. If you don't know what are fileds and tables, any tool will look hard – but this is not a tool problem.
But I said there are a lot of problems with CS and the DC removal is just the greater one. Many users are reporting constant crashes in Windows version. There are some bugs in palettes, specially in the Color one and when swithing between workspaces. Users with nVidia video cards also had nightmares wit Creative Suite, notably with GoLive and ImageReady. And, finally, the all-new CSS editor is very good, but has some problems too. Example: the font management is ilogic and much inferior than the way used in version 6.0.
Personally, I tried GoLive CS and liked their improvements, but these issues forced me to return to version 6.0. The Adobe CS is a great software package, with a wonderful InDesign, an excellent Photoshop and a very good Illustrator. The bottom line is GoLive.