zannstpierre
JOINED 09.09.09
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Adobe Muse - Good or Bad?
Posted 20.08.2011 @ 1.20PM
@andrewfelix on OSX: Sublime Text 2 on Windows: Notepad++
@dan I am not jumping up and down, I am only sharing my thoughts on this application. I am passionate about the topic because freelance web dev is what I do. It feeds my family and pays my bills on a daily basis.
Like many other web developers my first exposure to code was through apps such as Dreamweaver and Frontpage. I still believe these apps have a place in the market because they are an important stepping stone to learn about what you can do with the medium while staying within the bounds of the application.
My problem with apps such as Muse is they educate the user to think it is good/professional to produce a website without understanding the code. Instantly this devalues the time put in by developers which has gone into develop javascript frameworks, content management systems or even a jquery plugin. Code written by people who have bothered to learn not just what they can do but how they can do more.
This idea could then be taken to a commercial space where the user starts to market their services as a web developer without an understanding of the code behind their projects. Fairly quickly this type of practise could devalue this type work, compound security issues and alter client expectations.
I am fairly sure any decent Sys Admin would say the same thing about Command Line vs Control panels such as Plesk/cPanel/WebAdmin. You would all use them without even thinking there is an alternative solution but in actual fact they are all performing tasks which a real Sys Admin would do through a command line interface.
Over the past 5 years I have come in contact with plenty of average code produced by people who have sold their services to clients as web developers. In some cases I have been asked to find problems and fix them when the existing developer has been unable to do so. I could only imagine that this will become more frequent with Muse hitting the mainstream.
As for your comment about web nazis having a go at the code on the blog post link which you post, take a look at the code if you can't tell me that Muse produces bad code then my previous comments on users not understanding the medium has been validated. None of their comments are incorrect, those are professionals sharing their concerns for their industry. After major campaigning to push for web standards it is clear to these people this is a step backwards.
AGDA - give it a try
Posted 04.06.2011 @ 4.12PM
@Dan Much different. Around 500 uniques per day in 2009.
Classifieds?
Posted 06.05.2011 @ 1.17PM
@dan - yep there are other places to do similar, creativecaravan.net is another but that is more accommodation focused. Infront has the return traffic to make it worthwhile for those people paying for ads.
@blind - yeah, I'm thinking this will have greater success for those wanting to list studio spaces, the seller fee's at eBay are less and you do have the mass traffic they provide. I guess the advantages of this would be it's not a bidding tool, your item has longer exposure (not set to 3 days or 1 week to complete the sale) and your targeting a very niche market so I am sure the items listed would reflect this.
February 2011 WIP
Posted 09.02.2011 @ 4.25AM
@dan - It's a height chart without the numbers. Eventually we'll be adding in drawings into the background from time to time. It also serves to push the content forward.
@pyro - That's an unusual project to be working on, I'd expect that type of content be a magazine or advertorial type in existing travel/baby magazines.
Dan
JOINED 10.01.10
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Dan
JOINED 10.01.10
POSTS 312
Adobe Creative Cloud
Posted 07.05.2012 @ 3.16PM
Well it's been officially released.... and to upgrade will cost me $491 more than US customers for the same thing. No box or manuals, just a digital download. It does suck they are really taking advantage of us like this.
Dan
JOINED 10.01.10
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Printdesign Portfolio - digital vs printed
Posted 05.05.2012 @ 5.09PM
If you do print work then it makes sense to have a print folio. But if you do screen work then use a laptop/ipad to showcase it.
Dan
JOINED 10.01.10
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Dan
JOINED 10.01.10
POSTS 312
Testing eDMs
Posted 01.05.2012 @ 9.30AM
I don't expect there is. CM should come up with a better payment plan, like an annual sub fee rather than a per test cost. That's just becomes too expensive.
Dan
JOINED 10.01.10
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Adobe Muse - Good or Bad?
Posted 20.08.2011 @ 4.15PM
::@dan I am not jumping up and down
Zann...My comment wasn't directed just to you but a culmination of all the dev's who decided to instantly bag it.... for whatever reason, valid or not. Yes, Muse generates bad code. Yes it's got bugs.... no one was expecting it to be perfect. Even as a first time app, it's hardly going to dominate the market and send the industry backwards. Give it time and let's see what Adobe can make of it. The glass is half full.