[X-Newbies] web design software info

[Richard ramsowr]

Tony thanks for the feedback!

I'll have to take a hard look at NVU - I keep you
posted. 

While I do like the fressness of freeway (what ever
that means) its cost is a issue to a guy in startup
mode. I came to Radipweaver because of it new pending
release and it price was in the ballpark. Both seen to
be user friendly.

--- Tony Johansen <tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> On 10/10/2005 11:26 PM, "Richard ramsowr"
> <r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > Morning Folks
> > 
> > IÕm starting a Manufacturers Representative Agency
> and
> > was looking for some insight and directon in
> finding a
> > good low cost, user friendly and eye catching web
> site
> > design software tool - such as ÒRapidWeaverÓ,
> ÒFreeway
> > ExpressÓ or ÒFreeway ProÓ - any ideals , likes or
> > dislikes?
> 
> Freeway looks good but you pay a lot of dollars for
> that cool look.
> Personally I think keeping it simple is a forgotten
> concept too often. I do
> 90% of my work in Composer, the built-in WYSIWYG web
> program hidden in
> Netscape, and then use Dreamweaver for those
> occasional 'Can't do it with
> anything else' moments.
> 
> But recently Composer and the Mozilla organisation
> have given birth to a
> brilliant stand alone application called Nvu that
> looks good, is a very
> capable worker, and when compared with Freeway it
> still looks good, but
> Freeway is expensive and Nvu is open source...
> 
> Check it out at:
> 
>                                http://www.nvu.com/
> 
> I still use Composer, habits die hard, but when I
> looked at Freeway a few
> months ago, I couldn't justify the cost for what you
> get, it was competing
> with GoLive and it's integration with
> Illustrator/Photoshop. And in the end
> I don't think it is possible to beat the power of
> Dreamweaver combined with
> Fireworks and Flash.
> 
> And on the other hand humble freebie Composer does
> most things without
> complaint, and Nvu is even better, yet still the
> right price.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Tony,
> http://www.tonyjohansen.com
> A Life In Art
> 
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