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Dreamweaver
By: Macromedia
Cavalier Computers
$99
Version: 3
Comments: Robust, many great features, only a few bugs, supported
by ITC.
Trial
software
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FrontPage
2000
By: Microsoft
Available through Microsoft Select
Program
Version: n/a
Comments: Great features, easy to use, difficult to accomplish some
tasks.
MS
Frontpage
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Page
Composer
By: Netscape
Free
Version: 7.x
(it is part of Netscape Communicator)
Comments: Free, pretty easy to use, buggy.
Page
Composer goodies:
Sample
Plugins
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Pros
- Mac
& PC versions
- Site
management tools
- Templates
& Library items
- Provides
advanced features for power users
- Search
and replace works in HTML source
- Graphical
editor for image maps
- Writes
clean code and able to clean up extraneous code produced in other
editors
- Customizable
- Best
for cross-browser compatibility
- Many
bugs found in version 2 have been fixed
- Workshops
and support offered through ITC
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Pros
- Site
management tools
- Templates
& Library items
- Provides
advanced features for power users
- Search
and replace works in HTML source
- Graphical
editor for image maps
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Pros
- Built
in to Netscape Communicator (free!)
- Can
use plug-ins for added functionality
- Remembers
all the UNIX paths you have published to and allows you to select
them from a drop-down menu
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Cons
- Requires
32 - 40 MB of RAM
- May
be difficult to learn?
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Cons
- Mac
version rates poorly
- Adds
lots of unnecessary code
- Tends
to write Internet Explorer-specific code
- No
proportional font sizes (except in HTML source)
- Difficut
to use multi-platform font definitions
- Many
features not available on UNIX servers at U.Va.
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Cons
- Doesn't
offer site management
- Screen
flickers when typing in tables
- No
forms support
- Inserts
unnecessary code
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