Comments on: Dreamweaver CS5 and HTML5

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:19:14 +0000

@WebProject – HTML5, CSS3, and javascript have already outdone flash in some areas. Flash is currently lacking in the fact that it requires a plugin to work in any browser, a plugin that will not work on iPhones. For those of us that create websites for a living that is a problem, when the client looks at their new website on their mobile and sees none of the flashy content they paid for you to provide they will be disappointed. Even though HTML5 is not yet complete it already provides many cross browser solutions to your web development needs. One thing has changed since you left your comment, Microsoft has started pushing IE9(currently in beta) which has promised to support HTML5 and CSS3. This doesn’t mean you need to abandon Flash yet however. You can start using HTML5 today and still use flash with it if you so wish with little difficulty. If you already know HTML4 or XHTML you are already well on your way to knowing HTML5.

On a side note I would like to see a visual development platform like Flash that uses HTML, CSS, and javascript to create dynamic content. My fiancée is a creative person that likes to use Flash and I would hate for her to lose her development platform of choice. Designers aren’t coders, while my fiancée can code I can see how it could suck the creative flow she has going if she has to stop creating and start coding.

@Greg – Are you aware if there are any Flash replacement projects in the works at Adobe? This would be a dream and help to alleviate some of the fears my fiancée has of becoming a “dinosaur” if Flash dies.

By: WebProject

WebProject — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:48:04 +0000

Great post Rich!

HTML5 seems to be a spec that will take years to become fully established, and is barely capable of competing with flash right now. If Microsoft have proved anything with silverlight, it’s that being as good as flash isn’t enough, you really have to stand head and shoulders above it to be noticed and taken up.

One of the original appeals of flash was browser congruency that you couldn’t get with javascript and html. If that’s still going to be an issue, html5 is going nowhere.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:06:04 +0000

@James – Yes, that’s exactly correct. When we started developing DW CS5, the W3C was still moving forward with XHTML 2.0 – so the move to HTML5 happened at a very late stage in our development cycle. Therefore we decided to add the functionality “later” as an extension, rather than endanger the development that was already underway on CS5. And, as you point out, it’s still not finished – therefore, we will continue to pay close attention to its development and strive to make DW CS5 a great environment for HTML5, CSS3 and future web technologies.

By: James Bavington

James Bavington — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:41:50 +0000

Hi Greg, awesome video, I was disappointed when I learned Dreamweaver CS5 didn’t include HTML5 code hinting, however after installing the ‘HTML5 Pack’ extension, CS5 now gives a create platform for getting started and experimenting with HTML5.

I assume that Adobe didn’t include the HTML5 pack as standard because HTML5 isn’t ‘finished’. What do you think Greg?