[WEB4LIB] Re: Dreamweaver's code view (was RE: HTML Referring

[Chan, Ian]

No, it does not require XP -- win98 works.

No prestigious/expensive hardware involved:
My dual monitor setup 
[at home - for nonprofit work] 
involves the following:
$30 2xAGP, 3yr-old PCI card, two 17" (one was $50).
PII-300.  XP as a gift from a Microsoft person.

At my full-time job [for a state educational institution],
I have one monitor [two not possible due to budget 
constraints].

Yes it does help esp. if you are translating from one 
document to another, writing a new version of an
old document, etc.



Ian Chan
Librarian
Seattle Central Community College
(206) 587-6336
http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/iachan/
http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Wood [mailto:raywood at magma.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 2:07 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Dreamweaver's code view (was RE: HTML Referring


  From: Karen G. Schneider [mailto:kgs at bluehighways.com]
> :In MX, the F10 shortcut takes you the code inspector only.  To work in
> code
> :while viewing the WSIWYG, you need to use the Code and Design view
> (under View
> :then Code and Design).  I was doing the F10 shortcut and having the
> same
> :pasting problems until I realize F10 does not have quite the same
> function as
> :it did in Dreamweaver 4.
> 
> I think this is a real loss, btw, and a disappointment in MX.  Unless
> you have a huge monitor, as someone else observed, the screen is really
> too cramped with all that "stuff" on it--being able to switch between
> code and design so quickly is really nice.  I have a 19" monitor and I
> feel it's not enough real estate for the way MX is designed.  If anyone
> knows a way around this...I'd love to toggle, too. 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> Karen G. Schneider kgs at lii.org  http://lii.org 

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:42:18PM -0700, Chan, Ian remarked:
> If you have winXP and an extra graphics card, you 
> can setup two monitors that will split your desktop 
> across their screens. 
> It works well if you are editing code 
> on one side and previewing on the other.
> 
> Ian

You don't specifically need XP for this.

BTW I notice more people are working with 2 monitors.  Is this
really more productive?  Or is the prestige associated with
more/bigger hardware the real reason behind it all?

Whatever the reason, it seems to require a 'mouse-driven'
approach (whereas I've always been more of a 'keyboard guy'
myself).

Meandering thoughts,
Raymond