RE: SOFTWARE V. HTML CODE

by Christian Lavoie <clavoie(at)enter-net.com>

 Date:  Sun, 28 Mar 1999 22:13:18 GMT
 To:  "Angie Dixon" <adixon(at)ix.netcom.com>
 Cc:  <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
 References:  acer
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> I'm probably going to get creamed for this, but here goes anyway.

The real word is F-L-A-M-E-D. ;)

> True "experts" use what works best for them, individually--not what=20
someone
> else says is best or what works best for someone else. Everyone has=20
their
> own preference, but if what works for someone else takes me three=20
times as
> long, it's not the best way for me to work.

That's indeed a good advice.

> Angie Dixon

> >
> > I'm just beginning to get into web design and would like to know if =

the
> > "experts" use an authoring software or code it themselves.  If you u=
se
> > software, what do you find as the best and/or easiest.  Do you
> > have to go back
> > in a change the codes for some things once you design with an
> > authoring tool.
> > Thanks Ronnie
> >

On my personnal experience, I've found using a strong hand-editing=20
software (Homesite, textpad, emacs, name your own) is best for doing=20
standard pages which uses something else than HTML, (Like JavaScript,=20
CSS, WML, PHP3, whatever) but often, a good WYSIWYG can also be quite=20
a powerful tool. In particular, handling tables of a few hundred cells=20
IS A REAL PAIN by hand-editing techniques.

Christian Lavoie
clavoie(at)enter-net.com
UIN: 947212

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