It was the last great version released under the Macromedia brand before Adobe’s $3.4 billion acquisition in December 2005. Many purists argue that Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 represents the "golden age" of hand-coded, visual web design.

: Developers could drag and drop syndicated XML feeds directly into pages, making it much easier to embed real-time data like RSS.

It featured a dedicated CSS panel and visual aids that allowed developers to see the borders of CSS blocks (like div tags) directly in the design view.

</script> </body> </html>

<div id="choicesContainer" class="choices-area"> <!-- buttons will appear here --> </div>