Dreamweaver 2021 on Windows 11 is EXTREAMLY SLOW. Any updates yet?

[CKasson]

I am on Windows 11 using Bootstrap 5.  I have a creative cloud subscription, however Dreamweaver 2021 is extremly slow to respond to editing my code and refreshing my changes.  I have 2 major websites to update to Bootstrap and 1 other website to work with my backend development team for logic.  I am on a time crunch and need this fixed ASAP.  I already deleted the "Temp File List" folder in the registery and switched off the adobe pricvacy settings.  If I have to use a different HTML editor, then I want a discount on my membership.  This is not cool.  Is there a 2020 release coming out soon to fix this issue?  I believe a previous verion did not track and constantly verify my code with each keystroke. At least, that is what seems to be going on.

[CKasson]

I meant, is their an update for 2022.  Thanks.

[Jon Fritz]

Adobe is only going to be releasing security and OS compatibility patches for DW going forward. There are no planned bug fixes or new features. It's now in a minimal maintenance limbo state.

I haven't seen any movement on the pre-release forum in months, so I don't think there's anything new coming out anytime soon. DW was designed for Windows 10, 11 doesn't show up on its system requirements page, but I haven't heard of a ton of issues in the forum with it either.

Maybe there's something in your workflow that's slowing it down though.

If you could give us a bit more info about your workflow/team environment, one of the contributors here might have some ideas for you to try.

[CKasson]

Hello, it is just me using Dreamweaver for Bradford Technologies.  I am updating out website to Bootstap 5 using a BoostrapMade template.  I work off my local maching then FTP the files to our web server.  DW is not linked to the Web Server.  Here is a page that I am currently working on: http://www.bradfordsoftware.com/switch/indexWK.shtml. It may be due to lots of inline css, but I am cleaning that up now.  I am trying to turn off code validation, but can't find that option.  It seems to try and validate evertime I modify HTML/CSS.

[Jon Fritz]

The error checking system Adobe uses for CSS and HTML in DW is called Linting.

You have a couple options for Linting in DW...

1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Linting > uncheck the Enable Linting box to turn it off completely
2. or check the second box for Disable On edit Linting to make it kick in only after saving

[Nancy OShea]

Eeeek!  1600+ lines of code.  I work with sites containing less than 1/4 that.

On lines 351 and 352 you have stray closing tags that don't belong.

</body>
</html>

Validate code and fix your errors.

https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bradfordsoftware.com%2Fswitch%2FindexWK.shtml

DW doesn't like code errors.

[AmySykes]

Hi All, Could it be the filed extension .shtnl causing the problem? 

[AmySykes]

Could it be the way the Meta tag is written?                                                                                                             <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" name="viewport">
vs

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

[Nancy OShea]

Could it be the file extension .shtml causing the problem? 

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No, @AmySykes.   File extensions do not impact performance unless the files themselves contain bad code.  That goes for .css, .js, .svg, .xml, .json, .txt, .shtml, .php, .htm, .html or whatever.

[Nancy OShea]

If I have to use a different HTML editor, then I want a discount on my membership. 

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Fat chance of that happening.  The Creative Cloud All Apps plan is a deeply discounted bundle of 21+ software and services.

Some things to try:

• Move your local site folder to your primary hard drive.  Redefine your site folder.
• Restart your computer in Safe Mode.

DW is not the only tool I use.  I use it alongside other tools including FileZilla S/FTP client and Visual Studio Code among others.

As Jon said, DW is only minimally maintained now.

[BenPleysier]

For reasons outlined by @Jon Fritz and @Nancy OShea, I have switched to Wappler.

[Paul-M]

1) in site settings => local info try unchecking 'enable cache'

2) if using GIT make sure you don't have a large number of files ready to be staged it can cause massive perfomance issues

3) Temporarily disable windows indexing to see if that is an issue - if it is, you need to add your dreamweaver folders, project folder(s) and if using a local testing server your web server root folder  as exclusions

4) Temporarily disable anti-virus, if it appears to be the issue again add exclusions in your anti-virus settings

5) in Dreamweaver preferences => general => uncheck 'enable related files' it can cause performance issues under certain circumstances

6 ) I think somebody has already mentioned in preferences => linting => disable on edit linting

7) in preferences => sync settings => disable automatic sync

8) if you have any third party extension installed - remove them to see if they are the issue

Sometimes it requires laborious trial and error to pinpoint the issue, if you have any other software running in the background on your PC try disabling it to see if there is a conflict with Dreamweaver.

[user10791399]

Basically I think it's time to look for alternatives to slowly migrate.

In my opinion:

- Visual construction of a website: Pinegrow is the most powerful in this regard, as well as being relatively inexpensive.

- Code editing: Here you have the option of Visual Studio Code, or even continue using dreamweaver + webassist extensions if you want to edit code that is more or less standardized and easy to edit by hand. If this is not the case and you prefer to edit code only graphically, Wappler becomes a very strong alternative in this field.

- Wordpress: It is not an area that I personally like but pinegrow has options to create wordpress templates if it is for you.

Greetings!