Dreamweaver MX slow on Mac OS X

[solrac]

Does anyone know why Dreamweaver is so slow?

Opening a new file.... takes about 5 seconds. (Five FULL SECONDS)
Closing a file... about 5 seconds

selecting text and:
- changing font in properties window - 3 seconds
- font to actually change on screen - 3 seconds
- selecting size of font in properties window - 3 seconds
- size to actually change on screen - 3 seconds

TWELVE FULL seconds to change the font and size of any text!!

My system:
Powerbook Titanium 400 mhz
1 GB of RAM
2.5 GB free HD space

Fresh install of Mac OS 10.2.2

any ideas?????????

[toast]

I don't have any answer to the question "Why is DMX so slow under OSX", though I have a solution: uninstall it and use Adobe GoLive 6 instead.

Fast, powerful.

[solrac]

I know that Adobe software is much better than Macromedia software on a general basis.

Adobe software:
Fast
Efficient
Powerful
Not buggy

Macromedia Software:
Slow
Buggy
Slow
Buggy
did I say slow?
Powerful... somewhat

But I really don't want to get used to the GoLive interface and learn all the GoLive tricks. I don't have time for that. I have Dreamweaver, I'm used to it, I know its quirks, and I just wish clicking on stuff wouldn't take forever. Sigh...

[cockneygeezer]

Dear All,

It seems that with 2.5GB of FREE hard disk space, you might want to free up some more.

With a 1GB of RAM, you still need free hard disk space, so try freeing some up, you never know, it might work.

Download iPulse to have a view of the system to give you better indication of what is going on.

[dlloyd]

Originally posted by solrac
I know that Adobe software is much better than Macromedia software on a general basis.

Adobe software:
Fast
Efficient
Powerful
Not buggy

Macromedia Software:
Slow
Buggy
Slow
Buggy
did I say slow?
Powerful... somewhat

I don't agree with that.
I bought a legal copy of Macromedia Studio 3 (Fireworks 3, and Dreamweaver 3) off eBay about a year ago, and I use it almost every day. It is fast, easy to use (now that I've learnt it), has perfect intergration, and doesn't crash.
I don't even own an Adobe product, I don't need any.
Thank You Macromedia!

[toast]

Dreamweaver 3 is not Dreamweaver MX. OS9 is not OSX. The comparison is hard to make.

[Sirtovin]

I got a dual 867mhz Power Mac... and I have the memory upped to 1,256mb ram... Dreamweaver MX runs fine... for me.

[solrac]

I don't think Hard Disk space is the problem here.

I am beginning to think that a 400 mhz G4 is not powerful enough for Dreamweaver. Sigh...

or... Macromedia just can't program for mac.
Photoshop (or ANY OTHER adobe program) doesn't have these problems clicking in text fields. It's so STUPID!!!

oh well...