Re: critisise my site??

At 02:55 PM 10/16/2000 -0700, Liz Bartlett wrote:
>At 03:32 PM 10/16/00 -0700, amit wadhwa wrote:
> >anyone out there whos tried both fp2000, and dreamweaver?
> >ive been told dreamweaver scores better points than fp2000. and how many=
 of
> >you would go for hand coding instead of using editors?


I have.  In fact, I continue to create sites in both editors.  I think it's=
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good to be able to work in more than one editor.  I disagree with those=20
that disparage FP2000 - it's a good program.  DW3 is also an excellent=20
editor - which feature for feature, I've learned to like a bit better than=
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FP2000.  DW3 is a bit harder to pick up but it has some great features and=
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in most cases you can do everything done in FP in DW - its just done=20
differently.  FP is the easier of the two to learn IMHO.

DW3 is my editor of choice because of the ability to work in layers - to me=
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this allows better placement of items and is really great for sites where=20
you aren't quite sure how you want to lay it out.  Working in layers you=20
can move things around and be a bit more creative.

As far as hand coding, I will say that it stuns me how many "web designers"=
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don't read or write a pixel of HTML.  I think being able to adjust HTML=20
produced by WYSIWYG editors is critical to good design, but I think hand=20
coding when such good editors are available is akin to using a typewriter=20
rather than a computer.  However, I understand that just as some writers=20
would never give up their typewriters, some designers won't give up their=20
hand coding.  IMHO if you read and write HTML, with a good editor you can=20
get all the benefits of hand coding but save yourself one heck of a lot of=
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time.

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