Adobe GoLive CS2 [Old Version]

List Price: $399.00 Discount Price: $184.95

Features:

• Author and validate standards-compliant CSS content for mobile devices, using simple visual tools
• Develop for mobile using global industry standards - features a complete development environment for CSS, XHTML, SVG Tiny, SMIL, MPEG-4, and more
• View SVG-t content in split-view interfaces, for quicker development of mobile applications
• Track and manage everything in your site, from assets to links, uploading content using Secure FTP and WebDAV via SSH or SSL
• Open Developer Mode for accessing GoLive site management features in a more comfortable, code-only mode

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly good [Posted on 2006-06-09]
I've never been a great fan of Adobe software so it was with some reluctance that I tested GoLIve CS2. My need was for a WYSIWYG package that supported CSS properly. Normally, I develop sites using NetObjects Fusion, but support for CSS has been slow coming. I'm afraid I have had none of the problems other reviewers report for GoLive. It has never crashed, appears no more buggy than any other software, has allowed me to develop a complete site formatted entirely with CSS that displays well in all browsers, and, even though the interface is completely novel, I found it easy to learn and anjoyable to use. My only caveat is that, with the acquisition of Macromedia, it is likely that Adobe will eventually drop GoLive in favour of the much inferior but more popular DreamWeaver. Until that happens, I will stick with GoLive.

The REAL reason Adobe bought Macromedia. [Posted on 2006-12-03]
What does a software company do, when they have a program that's just a nightmare to use? They buy the biggest competitor!

Adobe has never been known for creating viable software (besides PhotoShop and PageMaker). So when Adobe released GoLive they thought they'd be able to corner the highly competitive web design software market. Unfortunately, as proven in previous versions, GoLive fails on every level.

So in order to keep at least active in the market, Adobe recently puchased rival Macromedia, who's Dreamweaver is the market leader in web design software.

Now, we're just wating to see if Adobe manages to mess up Dreamweaver the same way they with the dud called "Adobe GoLive".

Worst Web-editing software available [Posted on 2007-03-25]
First of all, this product is unbelievably bloated, it takes literally minutes to come up. That wouldn't be so bad if it was a decent product, but it's quite the opposite. Numerous bugs, frequent crashes and non-intuite UI are enough to drive anyone insane. IF you for some reason decide to use this,
there's one piece of advice for you: save your work every 2 minutes. I've lost work on numerous occasions when the application just crashes or freezes.
The quality of this is below the of level of some free products that are available out there.

Adobe isn't trying very hard with this product [Posted on 2007-04-06]
I'm an amateur at web design/building, so if I've found several quirks and bugs, imagine what the REAL developers experience. The good news: GoLive CS2 is loaded with features and contains what most people would need to create and manage the content of their websites. The bad news: where should I begin. I'll just name a few. 1) The program generates several "Windows" errors EVERY TIME it closes. Basically, it crashes on exit. I've contacted Adobe directly - they blame Microsoft for something THEY do incorrectly in their OS. Funny, none of the other programs I've ever worked with crash everytime I close them. Somehow only Adobe suffers this so-called Microsoft bug. Perusing the GoLive forums reveal that many (if not most) people experience this same, unfixed, problem. Adobe seems to be doing nothing about it. 2) It's also crashed many times WHILE using it. 3) When you do any file transfers to/from your website, the rest of the program is off-limits. You can't use it. In other words, it's single-tasking. 4) Seriously FAT code. The first time I launch GoLive CS2 after boot-up is the time I get that cup of coffee. Literally, 1-to-2 minutes before it's usable - on a FAST computer. I think Dreamweaver being updated to CS3 first is a forecast for the beginning of the end of GoLive. They are talking about a new version, but why wait? I switched to Dreamweaver 8 and the world is a better place! :)

Don't put ANY money into ANY version on ANY platform of GoLive! [Posted on 2007-07-03]
GoLive CS2 gets ZERO stars. Having worked with GoLive since 2003 on Macintosh, in February 2007 I upgraded to CS2 -- piece of crapola -- big mistake. "1 star" is one too many!

GoLive used to be a nice program. Whether you are an old user or thinking of getting it anew, don't. I regret upgrading to GoLive CS2 -- and Adobe won't make it right granting suckers like me a $200 upgrade to Dreamweaver (vs. $400). Adobe offers GoLive 9 via their website, but don't fall for it. Adobe is phasing out GoLive. Shame on Adobe! If I had any choice, I'd dump Adobe in a second, but Dreamweaver is the only game in town for Macintosh. Adobe, because you've abandoned your GoLive users: you s_ck! Talk about greed.

Summary: If you buy any GoLive version on any platform, you're throwing your money away. Don't make my mistake. I am out the cost of GoLive CS2 ($180) plus another $200 in GoLive CS2 how-to books. Am I bitter? You betcha.

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