Is it me or is Dreamweaver CS 6 crap?

xtopzi

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I use Dreamweaver, mostly to edit HTML files. The problem is that it crashes all the friggin time. Basically, it freezes and I have to wait 5 to 60 seconds before I can use it again. I usually just do some other stuff / browse while its frozen but it is quite annoying.

Is it my version or is this issue quite common? Don't have a licenced version. ]
Running Windows 7 64bit with a decent graphics card (Photoshop NEVER crashes).

Are there any good alternatives? I like how it has a "live" and "design" function and definitely want to keep that. Would prefer a lightweight freeware alternative.

 

healzer

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CS6 is crap in general

went back to CS5 from the start

 

xtopzi

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healzer said:

CS6 is crap in general

went back to CS5 from the start

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Yeah might as well just go down a version and see how it goes.

Suggestions for alternative software still welcome.

 

Newelly

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xtopzi said:

Yeah might as well just go down a version and see how it goes.

Suggestions for alternative software still welcome.

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You can easily edit the .html files with notepad, i suggest you to download: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.3.3.html for editing .html files and all other file types. You can then just find your .html in your documents and double click it to view the changes.

As a Mac user I use: Text Wrangler and Coda 2.

Text Wrangler alternative = Notepad++ (linked above)
Coda 2 alternative = http://www.sublimetext.com/

-Newelly

 

LakeForest

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CS5 crashes too. CS4 never did for me.

Also, every Flash version after 9 has been a nightmare.

 

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lskt2012

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I run dwcs6 in osx and have had 0 crashes. In the past i've always experienced issues running adobe products in windows. Some free alternatives are Blue Griffon, Amaya, & Kompozer.

 

WayneInc

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CS6 need much more Ram , CPU that's the reason it crashes all the time.. according to lots of ppl CS4 is the still best one..

 

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Start using netbeans and forget all the hassles....

 

LongBanana

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You may want to try the jet brains web IDE or PHPStorm. They both have great integration for web design and its better than DW in my opinion.

 

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Videodrome

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healzer said:

CS6 is crap in general

went back to CS5 from the start

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100% true. CS6 is a massively overblown turd of a package. InDesign is horrible, but thankfully I don't do a lot of print these days.

 

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I have CS6 and I don't have much of a problem with it...

 

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vladv

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What are your PC specs,Fenchel?

 

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overran

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OP: is this only happening when opening large files with a lot of javascript?
Try disabling Code Hinting
Edit > Preferences > Code Hinting

 

xtopzi

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overran said:

OP: is this only happening when opening large files with a lot of javascript?
Try disabling Code Hinting
Edit > Preferences > Code Hinting

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No, it happens with every file I open, every line I click etc. really annoying.

Downloaded CS5 yesterday and it runs very smoothly. I can search and replace in 20+ documents at a time within a second and haven't had it crash so far.
I will look into some of those alternatives you guys suggested, as I expect to do lots more code editing in the future. Thanks.

 

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rotwic

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• May 27, 2013

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Dreamweaver sucks to use as a text editor. Its too heavy. Sublime Text is the way to go.

 

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LakeForest said:

CS5 crashes too. CS4 never did for me.

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The same happened to me.
Guess we're looking at a pattern here, CS4 never crashed, CS5 crashed sometimes, CS6 is always crashing, I just can't wait to see CS7!

 

WPRipper

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SublimeText all the way.

 

Pornguy

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I know I upgraded a few months back, and I have a really fast computer i7 processor, with 32GB of ram and the program still froze up. But it only happened to me once. But never with cs5

 

Pirate Monk

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Dreamweaver sucks, it really does. I use sublime text edit 2. This is amazing for HTML and Css and it shows me directly live preview on Google Chrome.

One reason I hate Dreaweaver is because it adds its own code sometimes, even when I don't want to.

 

phracktl

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DW6 is a memory hog...

I second Sublime Text if you're happy without a visual designer....but have a look at pairing it up with Live Reload (beta on windows now) on a dual monitor. Its the centre of my workflow when I knock up web concepts.