On Wednesday 17 July 2002 07:40, Tom Nielsen wrote:
I tried Quanta, and if I'm not missing something, I don't like the fact that I can't build by wysiwyg. I'm not a hard coder by any means, but I can find problems with code after the fact. Is there a way to build in a preview screen?? Similar to Frontpage or Dreamweaver.
Actually, the fact that it is **not** wysiwyg is why I use it. It is a "Web Development Environment" and not an HTML editor. In my experience the problem with wysiwyg editors is that they are designed for a particular browser or browser family. As a result, there are many things that do not work or work correctly in other browsers. If you are so used to drag-n-drop without udnerstanding the underlying HTML, Javascript, perl, etc then you are in deep kimchee when you run into problems. With wysiwyg editors I have had troubles with things like tables in forms or certain combinations of tags. FrontPage seems to be the worst about "knowing better" than you. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Sometimes I do need the wysiwyg to get things like tables to look right, so I use things like Star Office (as Gustavo suggested), just to get things to look right. I think my Linux Tutorial is a great example of what you can do with Quanta. I have **developed** the site using Quanta and not just thrown a few HTML pages together. There is a lot of **functionality** there, not just "cute" pages. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others thing you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.