Re: Homesite 4.0

by "Susan Kemp" <SusanKemp(at)earthlink.net>

 Date:  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 14:17:18 -0400
 To:  <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
 References:  brainiac
  todo: View Thread, Original
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question but in Homesite 4.5 under
Settings is a Browse tab.  You can set it to browse to IE or Netscape or use
a built-in browser.  Perhaps that would help your problem.


Susan Kemp
OCFS Internet Services
SusanKemp(at)earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Money" <bmoney(at)brainiac.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:35 PM
Subject: Homesite 4.0


> Hello,
>
> Homesite 4.0 came with my copy of NetObjects Fusion. I hadn't looked at
> it until lately (today, in fact), because I didn't have the need at the
> time. I remembered it when I was looking for a good text editor.
>
> Problem is, I don't have MS IE 4.0 or later installed. And as I dislike
> it as a browser, and mistrust it as a program, I don't want to. How many
> of you who use Homesite use Design View, where IE is required? And if
> you don't mind IE, and have it installed, has it given you any problems?
> I've heard some negative things about the way it gets its tentacles into
> Windows, and won't let go.
>
> [rant on]
> Seems like everywhere I turn, I'm told I must have MS IE installed for
> anything to work. No other browsers exist, apparently. Is Allaire in bed
> with Microsoft? Even MS FrontPage doesn't require IE to preview!
> [rant off]
>
> The plain Preview works OK, without IE. Does it have its own internal
> viewer? I hesitate to commit to this huge web site, not knowing what
> editor will do what I need it to do, to generate a lot of similar pages,
> import text from elsewhere (Word files? the Web? not sure at this
> point), keep track of its links, and keep me sane.
>
> Any helpful comments or suggestions would be welcome!
>
> Barbara Money
> The Essential Image
>
>

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