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Device Central on Dreamweaver 4.0

Dec 2, 2011 4:51 PM

The Device Central utility in Dreamweaver 4.0 appears to only emulate website appearance on smart phones.  Is there a way to set it so that it emulates tablet computers?  I'm particularly interested in Samsung and Amazon tablets.

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  • Curtis_E_Flush
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    1. Curtis_E_Flush,
    Dec 2, 2011 4:57 PM   in reply to cyberpuzzled
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    I'm confused. Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0 (circa 2002 or 2003 - I don't remember) didn't have Device Central.

     

    Is this a typo or something I missed when I first started building websites?

     
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  • cyberpuzzled
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    2. cyberpuzzled,
    Dec 2, 2011 6:15 PM   in reply to Curtis_E_Flush
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    correction of nomenclature: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

     
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  • Curtis_E_Flush
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    3. Curtis_E_Flush,
    Dec 3, 2011 11:48 AM   in reply to cyberpuzzled
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    I don't even see any options for iPad or Kindle or other tablets in Device Central CS5.5.  There may be third party extensions for them out there somewhere, but I rarley use DC so I haven't really looked for them.

     
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  • mhollis55
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    4. mhollis55,
    Dec 3, 2011 12:15 PM   in reply to cyberpuzzled
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    I just fired up Device Central in Dreamweaver CS 5.5. Along the top right hand corner there are three different links. Ine says, "EMULATE WEB." The next says "BROWSE" and the third says "CREATE." If you click on "BROWSE," does it download new devices?

     
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    5. Curtis_E_Flush,
    Dec 3, 2011 12:21 PM   in reply to mhollis55
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    Right you are! I clicked Browse and it downloaded 850 devices and there ARE tablets in there.

     
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  • cyberpuzzled
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    6. cyberpuzzled,
    Dec 3, 2011 1:07 PM   in reply to Curtis_E_Flush
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    I'm leaving this with mhollis55's comment.  I have Device Central on Dreamweaver CS4, and the "upper right corner" menu he describes looks nothing like mine.  So I have to purchase an app that includes Device Central 5.5 to get that tablet capability.

     
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  • mhollis55
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    7. mhollis55,
    Dec 3, 2011 1:34 PM   in reply to cyberpuzzled
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    Here is a tutorial on Device Central CS4.

     

    It shows the correct way to download new devices.

     

    But here is what I notice: Device Cental CS3 (the last version I had before CS5.5) does not seem to be able to download any new profiles beyond some really old devices. There is no iPhone, iPad or Samsung Galaxy. Device Central CS3 also crashes frequently on startup.

     

    I have never used it. Websites I'm building for certain devices also have to work on regular browsers, so I will test on my iPhone 4 and my iPad, but my main target is my browser.

     

    I also have JavaScript in several of my websites that dynamically reformats a website for mobile devices. Device Central doesn't seem to be able to show that. So reality™ may be better than Device Central anyway.

     
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