The ability to see all style properties applied to a selected element is a great new feature for troubleshooting CSS. The addition of the Style Rendering Toolbar allows you to view how your page will look on a screen, in print, or on a handheld device. Dreamweaver 8 more accurately renders CSS, including styles that use overflow, pseudo elements, and form elements. In the past, working with CSS required previewing a page in a browser to see how it would display all but the most basic styles. The new visualization tools for working with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) were created with designers in mind. The new Zoom tool makes it easier to examine different areas of your document. Instead of resizing the page you’re working on, as in previous versions, Dreamweaver 8 displays guides on the page marking the viewable area. You can also choose the resolution for which you’re designing from a selection of preset guides. The new Guides make it easier to lay out complex page structures. This version also more closely aligns the Macintosh and Windows versions: Macintosh users will appreciate the tabbed document window, which was previously available only to Windows users.
One of the first things I rejoiced over was that the preferences no longer default to “Use CSS Tags Instead of HTML Tags.” This setting, introduced in MX 2004, was the cause of many headaches for people who didn’t know anything about CSS. While the new Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 isn’t a huge upgrade, there are features that make it worth considering. Upgrade includes significant improvements
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