Dreamweaver is dying?
Interesting article up over at pcpro.co.uk about the future OF THE INTERNET ITSELF. Author Tom Arah makes the case that Dreamweaver is dying and being replaced by CMS’s (Drupal, WordPress,etc.). No longer should web masters focus on making static sites when they have systems with such perks as commenting or RSS feeds built in. He argues that Web 2.0 isn’t an empty slogan, it’s actually changed the way things are done on the web.
I can definitely see where Arah is coming from, but I think he’s a little off base. While I think he makes a good point, I feel that Dreamweaver may not be dying (he notes that he was careful not to say it was dead), but is probably transforming. I could potentially see Adobe launch a CMS and evolve Dreamweaver into a WSYWG editor that more closely integrates with the Creative Suite for the visuals and their CMS for the rest.
Thoughts?
I agree, I mean if someone else comes up with a wysiwyg web editor before them, they would probably go under. I am just waiting for a web editing program that basically works like illustrator but automatically builds xhtml+css for you with built-in cms and rss code (with the ability to include other features for future technologies of course). If Adobe does this with dreamweaver, good for them, if not, good for whoever does.