--- Forwarded Message from Matthew Mattingly <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:39:42 -0500 >From: Matthew Mattingly <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5475.1 HTML Editors (!) >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ I agree with you about the need for access to the code. I use BBEdit on Mac, which allows both totally manual input and a useful set of commands for setting up tables, inserting anchors etc., which keep you in control while cutting out some of the tedium. I also use Dreamweaver, which has great site management features, allows direct access the HTML, and which does some things in wysiwyg that truly are easier than by hand coding: coloring columns in a table, for instance. Composer can be dangerous, especially in group projects; it does things things like change relative URLs to absolutes without telling you. I have not used Front Page, but have yet to hear a single nice thing about it. Matthew LLTI-Editor wrote: > > --- Forwarded Message from "Jennifer Bates" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >From: "Jennifer Bates" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> > >References: <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: #5475 HTML Editors > >Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 15:37:46 -0330 > > ------------------ > This question usually sparks a lot of debate and here's my opinion. I still > think you're better off with a program that facilitates the creation of code > by hand, and produces code that is clean, predicatable and easy to edit. > Probably cheaper too. Right now I'm trying out a Windows based one call > 40tude which I quite like (www.40tude.com). I've also used Allaire's > Homesite which was very similar. I've only had the briefest of experiences > with FrontPage which ended up in me throwing out the code and starting over > again! I also don't like Composer because I find it awkward. I've never had > the chance to work with Dreamweaver. As for training faculty, we still teach > them the actual code using Notepad and Netscape, but I'm starting to hear > lots of complaints that I'm old fashioned in this approach. > > Jennifer Bates > Programmer Consultant > Faculty of Arts > Memorial University of Newfoundland > [log in to unmask] > > >Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:14:25 EST > >From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: #5475 HTML Editors > > > >Hi, I have a question about what HTML editors you commonly use and which > >ones you train faculty to use and why. Here are GMU, we currently > >support Dreamweaver and Composer, but we are now debating whether or not > >to move to Front Page instead of Dreamweaver. Oh, we have UNIX > >webservers without Front Page extensions, although we may get an NT > >server w/ FP extensions in the summer (in addition to the UNIX boxes). > > > >Thanks, > >Sharon > > > >-- > >Sharon Alayne Widmayer > >Instructional Resource Center > >Department of Instructional Improvement & Instructional Technology > >George Mason University > >Fairfax, VA > >(703) 993-9018 > >[log in to unmask] > >http://mason.gmu.edu/~swidmaye/ > > > >------------------------------ -- ************************************************************************ Matthew Mattingly [log in to unmask] Director (413) 542-8163 Five Colleges Multimedia Access Project FAX (413) 542-2662 Box 2256 http://www.amherst.edu/~map Amherst College Amherst, MA 01002 ************************************************************************