Like samurai I think this application is an absolute need. But I can't stress
enough how far from perfect it is. Although adobe finally unified the interface
across the CS4 suite it is really glitchy on the Mac. Switching apps with expose
might cause render errors (WTF, I didn't buy a Mac for that!) and basics things
any text/source code editor can are missing from the application. I would love
to see support for selecting how my source code should be formatted (e.g. spaces
instead of tabs, line endings etc.) and change the color scheme to a black or
dark background. ActionScript 3 is a breeze though, I really like it though
unification of the API with the one for Flex and Air would be nice. Last but
least it's a shame they removed the help documentation and refer you to the
online spec. Especially since it was offline a few weeks ago for a complete day
and is slow as hell...
All in all Adobe should really put more of its resources at work to upgrade
the platform and the tools if they don't want to get eaten by Silverlight and
the HTML5 Video support.
Review by Marijn (7 months ago)
Like samurai I think this application is an absolute need. But I can't stress enough how far from perfect it is. Although adobe finally unified the interface across the CS4 suite it is really glitchy on the Mac. Switching apps with expose might cause render errors (WTF, I didn't buy a Mac for that!) and basics things any text/source code editor can are missing from the application. I would love to see support for selecting how my source code should be formatted (e.g. spaces instead of tabs, line endings etc.) and change the color scheme to a black or dark background. ActionScript 3 is a breeze though, I really like it though unification of the API with the one for Flex and Air would be nice. Last but least it's a shame they removed the help documentation and refer you to the online spec. Especially since it was offline a few weeks ago for a complete day and is slow as hell...
All in all Adobe should really put more of its resources at work to upgrade the platform and the tools if they don't want to get eaten by Silverlight and the HTML5 Video support.