Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A44EX1M9V95T6 2008-06-08
 
Review Summary: Great for Would be Designers & Professionals alike
 
Review Content: I can't praise this product enough. If you are looking to create state of the art websites with CSS, etc. then Dreamweaver is the software to own. All the hard coding is done for you well you use the design view to add anything you desire.

I have a lot to do to my sites yet but I managed to create and publish my very first webpage within 2 days of uploading the software to my computer. It downloaded on Windows Vista Home Premium within 10 minutes with no problems at all.

Just a tip for beginners, check out YouTube for Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorials. You will learn all the basics there and it beats any manual or book.
 
 
 

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A2QIPXRFGI1QU3 2008-05-28
 
Review Summary: What are you waiting for! Buy it!
 
Review Content: I bought Dreamweaver CS3 six months ago after only having gained a rudimentary knowledge of how to build websites from books. I knew what I wanted to build and at first I attempted to use other web building software packages which were far cheaper than Dreamweaver CS3 but which turned out to be far more complicated and time consuming to use and which to be honest were a total waste of money!

Dreamweaver CS3 installed on my Vista PC without any problems and I was soon up and running. From the outset I found all the menus extremely intuitive and marvelled at how quickly I was able to build web pages which looked highly professional. I was also impressed with the way Dreamweaver could check my pages for broken links and other errors which would normally be extremely time consuming to find. Indeed I was so impressed with Dreamweaver that I invested in Photoshop CS3 which I found worked seemlessly with Dreamweaver CS3 and made editing pictures for the website alot easier.

Therefore whether you are an amateur or a professional Dreamweaver CS3 is the best software for building great websites. Dreamweaver CS3 is not a cheap product but in this case it is true that you get what you pay for and what you get with Dreamweaver CS3 is a whole lot of product for your money.
 
 
 

7 out of 7 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A1IJPKP6S9RRWY 2008-05-12
 
Review Summary: This is still the best - but its way to pricey
 
Review Content: Dreamweaver is still the best web design app out there, especially when combined with Fireworks. For designers who are a bit shaky with code (like me!), it is great and there isn't much you can't achieve with it. My only criticism is that it is way too expensive for what it is. Fine - £400 isn't much if you are going to make lots of money with it, but for occasional use, it is expensive. Also, it isn't the most user friendly app. There is a steepish learning curve to get to grips with it.

Alot of my working time these days is spent on a Mac and I tend to use the excellent Freeway Express package which is nice to use and does pretty much all I want or need - for only £60! There are similar packages out there from the likes of Serif for the PC.

You can't not recommend Dreamweaver, but I would recommend checking out the easier to use and cheaper alternatives first. They maybe all you need.

BTW - it would have 5 stars if the price was better
 
 
 

2 out of 3 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A15RSMODUXX179 2008-05-09
 
Review Summary: Could not install successfully on Windows Vista.
 
Review Content: I could not manage to get this product successfully installed. I work in software myself, so am computer literate, but after six hours of trying I could not get it installed, despite following published tips and work-arounds from Adobe. I was left with a mysterious "Internal error 2203", but no clue as to how to fix this. Worse, this left the product half installed, so that it would not even uninstall cleanly, without running a special clean-up script. For £400 I expect better. I have now given up and am using Microsoft Expression Web instead, which installed in five minutes.
 
 
 

22 out of 24 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A2G9OINACJUMUT 2008-01-10
 
Review Summary: Do not buy this in the UK
 
Review Content: If you buy it in the US (or from a US store) you will save around 150 to 200 pounds. Adobe are ripping you off.