Steven Nix
Chapter 6 Assignement
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Web Page Editors
Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is a web page editor created by Adobe that has some great
features to it. One that I find particularly useful is what they call,
user interface persistance. If you are constantly entering the same
information, it can become a tedious process and you tend to start
rushing and can make mistakes. With this program however, it remembers
the selections that you have made, so the next time you use the same
interface all of your information will already be there. Another cool
aspect of this program is that it runs well on all major internet
browsers, so no matter what people are using to view your website, then
it will be up and working.
Dreamweaver also
comes with the funtional ability to work in sixteen different
languages, making it easy for people to use of all backgrounds. The
program also comes in a Middle Eastern version, adding three more
languages to its repertoire. This funtion also allows Adobe to
distribute its product all over the world, helping generate more
revenue for their company.
Some of the expert
users of Dreamweaver have complained that the fourth version of this
product doesn't offer as many tricks to live up to the selling price.
There are many as well who make their HTML code by hand and laugh at
the thought of using this product altogether. The main funtion of the
program though is to help savy webmakers by providing shortcuts to the
more complicated aspects of coding. As Adobe comes out with new
versions they are happy that each version makes less mistakes than the
version before.
KompoZer
One of the biggest plusses to KompoZer, that a lot of amateur web
editors appreciate is the face that its free, making it a lot easier on
the pocketbook than the $400 comptetion above. This program combines
the tasks of managing your files, while also giving you a editing
abilities that are easy to use, like that of Microsoft FrontPage and
Aobe Dreamweaver. Powered by the same company who came out with the
ever popular web browser, FireFox, Mozilla has built a very reliable
product in KompZer.
Much like the interface of
a word processor, KompoZer makes it easy and user friendly for those
who have been typing on a computer for years, even if they haven't been
designing and editing web pages. With most of the tabs and menus of a
word processor, navigating around and choosing the edits you want to
make are very easy to access, without having to worry about all of the
code.
While KompoZer will allow you to insert
code where its features are not available, it presents the code in such
an odd fashion that its not very practical to do more than a few lines
of code here and there. It is almost impossible to do very serious
coding with all of the whitespace between messing up any inentations
you may have put into your work. This product is generally well liked
with those who are new to the web design world, and tends to get on the
nerves of the experts who have been doing it awhile.
FrontPage
When it came to the ever popular Microsoft Office suite that is
offered, this program became a part of the bundle from 1997 to 2003.
However it has since been replaced by newer software like, Microsoft
Expression Web and Sharepoint Designer. Like KopmoZer, FrontPage hid
the HTML code from the users making it very easy for beginners to
design web pages. It also worked the best with Internet Explorer,
making it easy for those who kept their products in the Microsoft
family, and more of a pain for those who didn't.
One of the highly regarded aspects of the 2003 version, was that it
came with a split view aspect. While typing HTML code in the code view,
you could simultaneously have Design View open to see the changes you
made. Unlike KompoZer, FrontPage made working with the HTML code easier
for the experts who preferred doing it that way. Unfortunately the
glitches in FrontPage made the HTML code unreliable, and in some cases
was only made to support viewing on Internet Explorer.
