RE: I'm Still Using Text Editor

Ditto! William. I charge extra for "cleaning up" after one of those things.
Buddy


> John,
>
> Actually, what you are missing out on is a bunch of unnecessary code,
> difficult code to maintain, larger file sizes, browser specific tags and a
> whole lot of stuff like that.  I've been punching code for years by hand
and
> find that it gives me much more control over what I'm doing rather than
> relying on Dreamweaver or FrontPage.
>
> I currently am the Senior HTML Developer for Innotrac Corporation.  Before
I
> got here, the Web Services Department was using Dreamweaver and FrontPage
to
> create their HTML documents.  There were countless problems with the pages
> functioning properly.  Considering our client base, this can turn into a
> major problem for web site maintenance.  I've been here almost 6 months
now
> and I'm still working out code bugs left in by visual development
> tools....but I shall prevail!
>
> People compare HTML hand coding to a Model T.  Just remember...the more
> bells and whistles you have on a car, the more can go wrong with it.
>
> William MacLeod
> Innotrac Corporation
> Web Services
> >
> >I'm still using a plain old text editor for my webbying. I
> >have standard
> >empty files I duplicate and do cut and pasting.
> >
> >What do you reckon I'm missing out on?
> >
> >John

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