RE: Software recommendation for beginners

by "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <webmaster(at)canopy.net>

Date:	Fri, 03 Jul 1998 18:34:29 -0400
To:	"The Wise One!!!" <cardpro(at)zebra.net>, "Suzanne Ankerbrand" <sankerbrand(at)villagelife.org>, <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
Cc:	<jskillington(at)villagelife.org>
References:
	todo: View Thread, Original

It appears one of the best (I have ever run across) has been completely
omitted:

http://www.hwg.org/resources

Nothing in print is:
more cost effective, more handy, more comprehensive, more accurate, more
versatile in terms of suiting from bone-basic to pure cutting edge, more
BIGGER in terms of shear volume of available information.

It also has an archive of _thousands_ of previous messages, questions,
ANSWERS, and statements, covering the same broad spectrum as mentioned
above in "versatile".

HTH,
Fuzzy



At 01:01 PM 7/3/98 -0500, The Wise One!!! wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-hwg-software(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-software(at)hwg.org]On
>> Behalf Of Suzanne Ankerbrand
>> Sent: Friday, July 03, 1998 11:04 AM
>> To: hwg-software(at)hwg.org
>> Cc: jskillington(at)villagelife.org
>> Subject: Software recommendation for beginners
>>
>
><Little Snip>
>
>> They would also like a WYSIWIG program.
>>
>> From past research, my recommendations to them would be
>> Frontpage, Homesite or Dreamweaver. Frontpage may not be a good choice
>because, as their web
>> project manager who uses BBEdit, I know what Frontpage does to HTML
>> documents not originally coded with Frontpage.
>
>
>Yep, FrontPage is out if they want full control over their code...
>
>> Otherwise, it seems to be a
>> good choice for beginners.
>
>Excellent choice for beginners and quite powerful enough for us pro's if we
>aren't too picky about our HTML.
>
>>  My only question about Homesite is
>> I'm not sure
>> it is a WYSIWIG.
>
>Homesite is not WYSIWIG but (and this is the kind of but that means you may
>be in luck) NetObjects Fusion 3.0 includes Homesite as part of its package
>and does provide a WYSIWIG interface for site design also.
>
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for or against these 3 programs, or have
>> another recommendation?
>
>My suggestion would be NetObjects Fusion 3.0 if they want both WYSIWIG and
>full control over the HTML and DHMTL.
>
>Now get ready for the myriad other suggestions and dissenting opinions. ;)
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Suzanne Ankerbrand
>>
>
>Most Welcome!
>
>Alan Atwood
>
>
>

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