Dreamweaver 8 brings the concept of integrated software to Macromedia's (now Adobe) multimedia suite. The integration of Flash with Dreamweaver provides convenient ways of implementing Flash inside of Dreamweaver.
There is no question that the use of the table technology as a design element is making the need for frames somewhat obsolete. Frames join multiple pages in a single display, and are a bit of a nuisance with regard to navigation and updating, especially since there is a hidden source page creating the frames. Tables are easier to edit and to modify, and provide a greater range of design and display possibilities.
Still, for those of us in music, we are still looking for web support of notation and sound design that is not proprietory in nature. We need web browser helpers (plugins) to read and perform conventional and experimental music notation. Sound sharing and development can be a dynamic interactive group creative process. But we are still at a Web 1.0 level with regard to sound on the web where the prime motivation is to have consumers, not creators, of sound files, mostly mp3 based files for downloading.
It would be great to have a Wiki for working on theory or composing, but at the moment we have to resort to e-mail attachment of files for Finale, Sibelius, Overture, etc., that must be opened in the proprietary software. This simply extends the older pedagogical model of handing in homework. This practice prevents sharing examples. Shared homework enables students to learn from each other. The current music software makes it difficult to implement Educational Technology 2.0 where materials are created, responded to, and evaluated as a shared process.
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Yes, I wonder if someone is working on developing some type of wiki that can support notation, experimental and old. I guess as there is more of a demand, more people will work on the problem of catching up.
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