Customer Reviews

Adobe GoLive CS (Mac) [Old Version]

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The first time I attempted to use this program, I was frightened. It was very confusing with so many windows and buttons (I was quite a novice at the time). After importing a site to it the I had written with ascii and using the help program that came along with it, it made sense to me. I really enjoy it now, and in only a few weeks I feel I have quite a firm grasp on web design. My only other complaint is its crashing problem. It crashes when I try to save sites and corrupts my site files (both the main and backup files) when I try to use the inspector.

My advice to you is "NOT FOR BEGINNER USE" and "SAVE OFTEN."

I am 3/4 the way through the Classroom in a Book on Adobe GoLive CS. To say that the workbook and the software is NOT user-friendly is a gross understatement. It's probably easier to read a 1,000 page book on HTML, JAVA, etc. programming that slog through this software. And I haven't even installed it. Complexity does not imply sophistication, at least not in this situation. This is Rube Golberg at its worst. WIth hundreds of pop up windows and subwindows, none of it intuitive, one suspects that the company geeks had fun creating this darling of theirs without considering the consumer.

This is definitely not a software for a novice.

Although this application is filled with handy layout tools, you'll never get far into a development session without crashing. The magic crash key combination (maybe it's an Easter egg?!) is CTRL-1, which is supposed to bring up the Investigator window (essentially element properties). For me, it crashes the program about half the time (no exaggeration). Other things like simply typing in a table cell cause crashes as well. Skip this albatross and pick up a copy of Dreamweaver.