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ascott67
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August 6, 2010
Question

ColdFusion Builder lacking bug fix updates

  • August 6, 2010
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I have to say that since the product was officially launced, we had one small update that provided a few fixes.

The question I need to ask is what about these more serious bugs that are stopping this product from being great?

There are about 30+ bugs listed on the bug tracker that have been there for over 18 months that are still major problems today, some of these I consider major and should be pushed to getting fixed as quickly as possible.

The number one pet hate of mine is wasting time with an Application that doesn't work correctly, so how does this affect ColdFusion Builder?

Lets look at setting up of servers on ColdFusion Builder, this has got to be the number one most used and needed feature of this product and yet it doesn't work and has so many reported bugs that I would have thought that these would be fixed by now.

If one is lucky, you can setup a server and start and stop this from within Builder. However I can tell you that even when you have it setup, it will stop working as well.

Lets look at what I have setup at the moment.

I have had ColdFusion 9 and 9.01 installed and still donot mange to be able to start and stop the server.


I now have a mutli server version of ColdFusion 9.01 locally, and was able to get this to work briefly. And now it no longer works, with no changes to any of the settings. Don't get me started on remote servers, these are even worser trying to get working.

And even if you do make changes to the server setup in builder, you have to close and restart the Application. This is not acceptable to me either.

I could go on about how much of a hit and miss this feature actually is.

So the question is if this a feature that people would want to buy this product, why is there no fixes for the problems that are still there after 18 months?

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DJ Smith
Inspiring
August 9, 2010

I too am disappointed that we have not had any updates, besides Update 1 in mid-May, to fix anything. Come on guys, this is mid-August. At least release something that fixes a few bugs so we don't feel like we're still working with an early beta.

Doug

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DJ Smith
Inspiring
November 15, 2010

Now it's November and unless I've missed something there are still absolutely no updates or bug fixes for CFB since May. Not even a minor update is available.  Does this mean Adobe has given up on this version of CFB and is only working on CFB 2, thus leaving us in the cold with software that has lots of problems? Just because this was a Ver 1 product doesn't mean you put it out and abandon it.

I guess I foolishly thought Adobe would treat CFB as a real product and support it. I should have known better.

A frustrated and angry user who had to pay for this product,

Doug

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ascott67Author
Known Participant
November 15, 2010

I have to agree, both ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder have so many bugs that need to be fixed and they aren't being fixed.

In ColdFusion Builder the debugger is a box of shit, it works when it wants to and not when you need it too. It crashes and/or hangs for about 5 mins if you leave it long enough it will eventually come back to you.

The problem is the way Adobe do business, they release the product and provide a fix to some of the problems and then that is it. If you need something urgently then you have to pay Adobe to fix their own bugs.

So I guess with a Business Model like that then it is Adobe's best interest to leave as many bugs in the product as possible, why because it might generate more revenue for them.

Version 2 had better be a free update, for the pain and suffering of all the bugs that remain that are not fixed. I have been complaining for 8 years for the debugger problems back in the days when it was just an extension/plugin for eclipse. They were not interested then and they show that they are not interested now.

I think someone needs to draw up what we as users want / need fixed, if they aren't then we either get it for free or we move on. Present the numbers back to Adobe and see what they do about it.

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