Macromedia, How I Loathe Ye

Yep, you were fugged up before Adobe bought you. At least now you have the excuse that Adobe screwed you up. Pansy. Just own up to what everyone says, you and Adobe are the Microsoft of design software. Except, before the merger you were what we all would have been up against if the DOJ had had the balls to split MS down the middle. Now, you truly are like the Great Sucky One.

Why the vitriol? Well, I've been working on a site redesign for my employer. Our Creative Director is an amazing designer. Truly one of the greats. Her stuff is amazing, but, she's exacting. No halfassed crap here. Me, I'm the god of code here, so it's my job to go fix all the fug ups from Dreamweaver, translate her designs into web perfection. Except, Dreamweaver is more like Nightmare Maker. Why, oh why, would anyone ever, in their right mind, write the code that Dreamweaver generates? I know, I know, get out a text editor and write the code by hand. Yeah, not how things are done around here. WYSIWYG is a designers best friend. Alas, all I'm able to do is go in and do a slight cleaning, like wiping the counter top down with nothing but a dirty sponge and water. Never mind the grease trap, we'll leave that 'til next century. Anything deeper and the whole place loses cohesion. Bugs, rats, mutants galore. Not worth the headache. At least it looks shiny for the customers.

Macromedia, you truly make my life just that more hellish. Thanks.

Fug ups.