Adobe... killing Dreamweaver now?

Oh this looks nice, just now downloading it. I recall reading something about Muse in a headline briefly but can't remember where for the life of me. Odd. If it realistically is offering exactly what it says it will offer in the little marketing box on their site (http://muse.adobe.com/) it will be pretty fantastic. I don't overly love Dreamweaver to be honest. It creates a lot of extra un-needed code and other items that web developers don't like for proper xHTML5 code. It's alright for the live preview but even my browser does that nowadays. Hm, hope this develops into a nice suite to replace Dreamweaver with the latest coding.

They're not stepping on their own toes. The two apps are not even targeted toward the same market. In fact, you nailed it in the middle of your post:

"...interesting - seems real easy to use..."

Contrast that with Dreamweaver - which is impossible to even get started using for consumers. Think of Muse the same way you think, of Photoshop Elements compared to Photoshop.

I think Elements was mainly created to replace all the free copies of Photoshop they used to give away with scanners. Instead of giving away the full PS package - they give you the cheaper Elements instead. Consumers still get indoctrinated into the Adobe family, but Adobe doesn't have to give away the store in the process.

Although you could be right. But personally? Glad I don't have 1000s of hours of Dreamweaver experience hanging in the balance with Adobe holding the sword (again).

The code it produces is extraordinarily bloated, and is receiving a bit of backlash from programmers.

Outside of personal websites or brochure websites this program won't be too effective.

One good analogy I got regarding Muse from a programmer was "Muse is to programming as MS Paint is to Graphic Design".

From what I understand, this won't be governed like a typical Adobe program. You won't just be paying for the rights of the software, but the publishing rights of the website. Since the mark up is almost unreadable you will have to use the program in order to edit your code. I'm not sure what constitutes a new website, but minor changes through the program might lead to multiple charges.

As I stated before, the mark-up on this page is enough for it to never replace programming and hand coding. Also, the program is limited in the fact that you can't really use outside code, you're limited to what Muse provides you with.

Will this help print designers who know no code and want to develop a website for cheap? I suppose, will this help in any other respect of web building outside of simple brochure or portfolio websites? No.