I think the removal of DRAW AP DIV is going to be met with mixed emotions - probably more on the angry and upset side. Dreamweaver, for years, has appealed to the visual designer as well as the more code-oriented one. People use it at different levels and the nice thing about the DRAW aspect was that it allowed a person to quickly "layout" a site or page and then make adjustments to it to comply properly with code/best practices. With the layout feature gone, the product feels less about creativity and design and more about the professional. I can see both sides of the arguement, though. This is a classic example of a product being developed with one customer group considered and not the whole. I know several hundred students that got their first exposure to website design/layout by using the DRAW AP Div tool, plus from an accessability standpoint, now we have a challenge. I think it should just be an option that can be hidden. It is really weird to see it go and sad that all user groups are not being considered. Yes, we need to move ahead but you need to inform and educate the customer as to why - not just rip it out. I think the lack this feature alone will keep many in DW CS6 as the creative aspect and the intuative approach is gone. My .02.
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