Studio 8 edu version at the CHIP, notes on install
Posted by Jesse Rodgers on October 06, 2005 at 08:58 AM
Macromedia’s Studio 8 along with Dreamweaver 8 has arrived in the CHIP (Computer Help Desk). The prices are very reasonable for upgrades and new copies. I recommend Studio 8 over just Dreamweaver as it comes with Contribute 3 now and Fireworks 8 is very nice ;)
When you install, a couple notes/annoyances:
- Flash 8 plug-in requires you to shut down your browsers, I already have Flash 8 but the silly installer insists… plus on OS X, why do I need to shut down anything?
- If you have a lot of sites defined the first start-up of Dreamweaver 8 will be slow. It is faster than MX 2004 after that.
- Note the template problem.
- There is an interesting problem with temp files and permissions, more on that later. If you get oddly numbered files in your web directory let me know.
If you are waiting, there will be a presentation some time in November on Dreamweaver 8 and Studio 8. I will go through some of the CSS improvements, panels, plug-ins, etc. Some good resources to start with are the Dreamweaver 8 section of the Dev Centre and the Studio 8 section.