I once loved Dreamweaver back in the good old days. Back when Macromedia released Dreamweaver in late 1999/2000. I introduced Dreamweaver to my college campus and we abandoned Adobe Pagemill in our web design class. This was so long ago it seems like another life.   This was the Stone Age of modern web design, but Dreamweaver was an amazing tool that made it easy for a graphic designer like myself to layout a page. It still wasn't WYSIWYG, but it was pretty easy. You could also dive into the code and do whatever you wanted. It actually introduced me to writing code. I still remain primarily a Designer, but I can mostly do what needs to be done in code when required. I'm just a little rusty at it now.   Adobe acquired Macromedia and Dreamweaver was still my go to for creating any web pages for years. Even now I keep installing Dreamweaver and updating as needed always excited for those new features. I appreciated all the improvements, but I was so very excited when a Designer-focused feature was added, like the CSS Designer palette.   That excitement left long ago. Dreamweaver is still very capable and very solid in regards to performance. That hasn't changed. But I'm so confused why it has been left on the side of the road when it comes to WYSIWYG editing. It's almost like it has been abandoned.   There is a wide variety of web-based software and some you install on your machine that all offer Adobe XD style layout capabilites while generating usable code. A well-skilled developer may scoff at the term "usable code", but you have a functioning web page with your interactions and layout intact. Wrappler.io has been suggested numerous times. It looks great!   My problem is, it's another subscription or cost. I already have what should be the best web design software on the market. Why should I pay for another? These features should be usable in software I subscribe to already. I subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud for a reason. Adobe is my one-stop for video, photo, web, animation, illustration, etc. and has been for literally decades now.   Adobe XD is fantastic for prototyping, but I have struggled exporting and translating a design from XD to HTML. I understand the concept of exporting your graphics, copying your CSS code, etc. but it seems that it should be easier to translate. Other users also suggest using WebExport, Zeplin, and other Adobe XD plugins but I have had varying levels of success. There is still an incredible amount of coding that must be done.   Maybe that's the point? Dreamweaver never really was a WYSIWYG editor and it's obvious that it never will be. I should brush up on my coding and just get over it. Or hire a Developer. It seems to me though that Adobe is dropping the ball here. Adobe XD is so fun, but if I can't easily translate my work from XD to somewhat usable HTML then I have wasted considerable time learning XD. Adobe Muse was awesome, but the code it generated was an abomination. No improvement to Muse, it was just discontinued due to the rise of XD.   I know it's not as easy as just "export it". It will take a lot of effort for Adobe to make this happen. I have just been trained to jump from one Adobe software to another with ease like I have been doing for years. I design a layout in Illustrator or Photoshop and then import it to XD to add interations. But from XD to Dreamweaver? Not a chance.   I apologize for the rant. I'm getting really deep into web design again with a personal project and I have run into some speedbumps. Translating that really nice layout to HMTL isn't the end of the world in regards to difficulty. It will just take time. Frustrated doing it the "hard way" when there should be an easier way. It just seems like Adobe is missing out on a market they should already have locked-in. ... View more

I posted this once but my message was marked as Spam for some reason, then deleted. Let's try this once more...   I have been using Illustrator for over 20 years and admit that I have much to learn to this day. I do consider myself a power user, but I still learn something new almost every time I use Illustrator. I often find a new or easier technique to do something that has been buried under the Effect > Distort & Transform menu.    I saw the Radial and Pattern Repeat demonstrated on the iPad at Adobe Max 2019 and was blown away. There may be any number of ways to accomplish the same tasks in the desktop application (a few come to mind) but none of them with the ease and "magic" of what was demonstrated on the ipad app.   I am sure that some features of Illustrator on iPad may be optimized for the iPad interface, but I see no reason why this would not work on a Mac or PC with a mouse or stylus. It would save considerable time in my design work. I would love to utilize this technique without buying an iPad. My Mac at work and my Cintiq Companion both have the horsepower to run anything in Creative Cloud. Certainly this feature is not so intense that only an iPad Pro is capable of such magic?   Thank you for all your hard work on Creative Cloud and thank you for your time. Just thought that it was worth asking. ... View more