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Muse to Dreamweaver

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 15, 2024
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As a former Muse user / lover... Why didn't Dreamweaver absorb Muse into its platform as a "code-free" option?

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Nancy OShea

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The desktop web design software market is in deep decline. The modern trend is cloud-based web solutions.

For "code-free" site builders, try one of these online services.

ONLINE SITE BUILDERS:
-- Adobe Behance (free) - https://help.behance.net/hc/en-us/articles/204483894-Guide-Intro-to-Behance
-- Adobe Portfolio (free with a paid Creative Cloud Plan) - https://portfolio.adobe.com/

-- Squarespace - https://www.squarespace.com/
-- Webflow - https://webflow.com
-- Wix - https://www.wix.com/
-- WordPress (open source) - https://wordpress.org/

Most former Muse users switched to WordPress & Block Themes or Elementor Plugin. Both offer Drag & Drop ease of use from the WordPress Dashboard.

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

BenPleysier

Community Expert

The desktop web design software market is in deep decline. The modern trend is cloud-based web solutions.

By @Nancy OShea

I tend to place a question mark here.

Yes, as a percentage desktop software is in decline compared to the era when there were no cloud based solutions. Meaning that, as a percentage, desktop software is currently losing out.

But in real figures, there are more developers using desktop software than ever. Take VS Code as an example. Its usage increased by 46% in one year from 2019 to 2020.

Dreamweaver could be at the top here, had Adobe listened to its user base.

Some of the advantages of desktop web development software:

develop locally and deploy when ready
no need for continuous intenet connection
the code is owned by the developer
greater control and flexibility
better performance
cost

As far as cost is concerned, I could subscribe to Wappler for two months, create a personal website, and deploy to Railway. Current cost for the software $62, Railway: $0 for a modest personal site.

https://youtu.be/kaQqH9GIYh8?si=T79wwBv97SN5nnFX

Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

This is 2024. The pandemic changed everything.

More people work remotely now than ever before. And cloud-based apps that we access from home/office/school have made this possible. Desktop software was the ball & chain that kept us shackled to an office cubicle. Those days are gone.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

Because you can't breed alligators and hamsters together and get miniature fluffy lizards you can keep in an aquarium.

They were totally different animals, it never would have worked.

Not that DW is doing much better than Muse these days. It's no longer in active development either. Just security patches, OS updates and the occasional third-party library update.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Because you can't breed alligators and hamsters together and get miniature fluffy lizards you can keep in an aquarium.
By @Jon Fritz

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Well said.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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