What's the best WYSIWYG

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Mar 11th, 2002, 07:00 AM
filburt1

What's the best WYSIWYG

FrontPage may be cool, but it tends to add extra code, and it's probably optimized for IE.
Mar 11th, 2002, 07:17 AM
veryjonny

I think DreamWeaver is the best.!!!
Mar 11th, 2002, 07:55 AM
punkpie_uk

Dreamweaver is the best (in my opinion).
Front Page is good BUT I get sick of it adding code it thinks it needs.

I actually prefer writing the code myself, 1stPage 2000 and HTMLKit are excellent for this
Mar 11th, 2002, 08:42 AM
chrismitchell

Dreamweaver is the best Frontpage sucks ass (for some reason major companies seem to want to use it .. fortunately, or unfortunately, I have an MCE in it :p). But notepad is the best for adding and changing code..

Dreamweaver is the best WYSIWYG program tho :) Especially with all the plugins and extra stuff you can get :D
Mar 11th, 2002, 09:58 AM
chrisjk

Quote:

Originally posted by chrismitchell
But notepad is the best for adding and changing code..

there are loads of notepad-style apps that include syntax highlighting as well, context is one I use
Mar 11th, 2002, 10:06 AM

wheres Homesite? and I think there are a bunch more to add to the list as well.

but in my opinion they all suck. Context RULES!!!

how can you vote if you don't use any :p
Mar 11th, 2002, 10:43 AM
chrismitchell

Fair enuff.. but I'm looking from a non-coder point of view.
Mar 11th, 2002, 11:58 AM
JoshT

Homesite's not WYSIWYG. Front Page is evil, so I'd vote for Dreamweaver if I didn't hate WYSIWYG editors.:D
Mar 11th, 2002, 12:49 PM
mendhak

I have never seen anything crappier than adobe page mill.

fp is good :)
Mar 11th, 2002, 01:29 PM
chrismitchell

ADOBE PAGEMILL!!!! ARRRRRGGGGHHHH BACK FOUL DEMON!!!

FrontPage has one really useful thing.. it can tell you who has checked out and checked in files.. good for loads of webby people all working on the same site.
Mar 11th, 2002, 02:21 PM
thinktank2

Dreamweaver is the best !!
Mar 11th, 2002, 02:53 PM
Cander

xmlspy whoops em all

text editing and wysiwyg
Mar 11th, 2002, 03:33 PM
chrismitchell

XMLSPY?? never heard of it.
Mar 11th, 2002, 11:19 PM
Sastraxi

I have never used anything but Notepad and will continue not to use anything but Notepad. However, I do sometimes use IntraDev for it's ASP/Script popups (like Visual Basic has). Other than that, nothing. Never used a WYSIWYG.
Mar 12th, 2002, 08:05 AM
progressive

Textpad is king of the text editors !
Mar 12th, 2002, 09:15 AM
chrismitchell

I prefer Notepad.. not much to go wrong :p
Mar 15th, 2002, 08:33 AM
ubunreal69

Quote:

Originally posted by Danial
Like most people here i dislike WYSIWYG editor, i use TextPad. DreamWeaver is ok and once in a while i use it if i have to design using nested tables and layers etc, other then that TaxPad for almost everything.

Contex?? Is it similar to TextPad.

Let me download it now...........

basically what i was trying to say.
Mar 15th, 2002, 10:33 AM
chrisjk

Quote:

Originally posted by Danial
Contex?? Is it similar to TextPad.

probably if textpad is like notepad except with syntax highlighting and other cool stuff

Textpad costs doesn't it?
Mar 15th, 2002, 10:41 AM
progressive

Textpad is free, you just get messages every so often asking you to register it.

It's a small price to pay for such a powerful tool.
Mar 15th, 2002, 06:27 PM
Gimlin

NOTEPAD IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
Mar 15th, 2002, 06:38 PM
Danial

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisjk
probably if textpad is like notepad except with syntax highlighting and other cool stuff

Textpad costs doesn't it?

I downloaded Context, but i still prefer my TextPad :) , TextPad and ConText are very similar but i just prefere textpad may be because i just used to it, also i cat do without that "Find in Files" feature :D.

Yes like progressive said you can use TextPad for as long as you like, you only get a reminder once in a while, but i have to say it doesnt really bother you that much.

And you can alwasy get hmmmm ;-), not that i will ;-)

Hey michael, wats up dont see u in ASP forum now a days, and whats up with that avatar man ;-) lol
Mar 15th, 2002, 09:52 PM
sail3005

best WYSIWYG is an oxymoron.

use notepad :)
Mar 20th, 2002, 12:40 PM
DKCK

Notepad is quite nice. Don't see it on the poll however.
Mar 20th, 2002, 12:46 PM
JoshT

Actually, Notepad is pretty mediocre compared to other plain text editors...
Mar 21st, 2002, 06:31 AM
punkpie_uk

Has anyone used HTML-Kit? I really like it for web coding
Mar 21st, 2002, 06:51 AM
sweevo

I use HTML-kit. It's pretty good, but occassionally locks me out from saving my file.

I also use Dreamweaver for complex layouts and graphical sites. I have no problem with it really, but do prefer to just get in there and hand-code sometimes.
Mar 21st, 2002, 06:59 AM
punkpie_uk

HTML-Kit locks me occasionally too when I'm working on an ISS server from a terminal, but then again, Dreamweaver also does that so I dont think its the softwares fault.

I use Dreamweaver occasionally too, for doing complex layout.
Mar 21st, 2002, 07:02 AM
progressive

Dreaweavers best feature IMHO is the library functionality.
It does away with the need for SSI on the server.
Mar 25th, 2002, 09:21 AM

I'm a big fan of Dreamweaver. I can hand code in notepad but it sooo time consuming for a simple layout.

In college they're teaching us on Arachnophilia. Has anyone heard of it?
Mar 25th, 2002, 12:25 PM
chrismitchell

Quote:

Originally posted by Behemoth
I'm a big fan of Dreamweaver. I can hand code in notepad but it sooo time consuming for a simple layout.

In college they're teaching us on Arachnophilia. Has anyone heard of it?

Arachnophilia... Its free to download from downloads.com goto here it tells you all about it.. I think that must be the reason that they are teaching you it ;) cause they don't have to pay nowt for it!
Mar 25th, 2002, 01:18 PM

oh yeah, but does anyone rate it?

Whaddaya reckon?