[MacDV] Re: OT Webdesign

[Richard Gilmore]

I use Dreamweaver (and Fireworks), like them just fine, haven't used GoLive. Is 
Dreamweaver really that bad? Just curious...

Richard G.


Quoting "Mark M. Florida" <markflo at mac.com>:

> I've used GoLive and Dreamweaver in the past, and I would *strongly*
> disagree with the recommendation of Dreamweaver.  I think the key part of
> the original question was "for a person lacking knowledge of HTML."  In my
> experience, Dreamweaver is an excellent tool for the *advanced* web designer
> -- it has all the hooks in place to edit the raw code in a GUI, but can be
> extremely overwhelming for someone just getting started.  (Not to mention
> Dreamweaver MX is a DOOOG)
> 
> I would recommend Adobe GoLive as the tool of choice in this situation --
> it's *much* more like a page layout program than Dreamweaver, and when
> you're ready to get deep into the HTML stuff, all of the tools are there for
> that as well (but you don't have to touch them until you're ready).
> 
> Couple GoLive with Photoshop/ImageReady and you've got a killer system for
> *easily* making nice looking web pages.
> 
> 2 cents.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> 
> > Gerhard,
> > Dreamweaver is the one to get. If you happen to be a person who is a
> > reader of manuals I'd suggest getting 'Dreamweaver MX, the Missing
> > Manual' by David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press (O'Reilly)
> > 
> > Ray
> > 
> >