~terry
Wed, Jul 24, 1996 (11:49)
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PRO -- This is a relatively young program still
under intense developed, and it shouldn't come as a surprise that
many critical features are currently on the wishlist rather than in the
app itself. does do a great job of providing you
with a WYSIWYG interface, displaying HTML text in a manner
very similar to the way that it will appear on an actual browser.
However, this program will crawl on anything less than a Pentium.
Recent releases of the program have added WYSIWYG support for
forms and tables development, a rarity among the current fare of
WYSIWYG editors. Additional notable new features include
support for background images and attribute/text/background
colors (these images and colors can be created with both versions
but can only be viewed with the professional -- registered --
version). Also added are support for most Netscapisms (proprietary
tags for Netscape 1.x) -- including center, blink, and font size; a
virtual keyboard for extended characters, and the ability to launch
an external text editor or browser.
The interface itself is not exactly the most intuitive
for an HTML editor. The upside is that continues
to be subject to intense development and should conform to all
HTML 3.0 standards (and Netscape 2.x's) soon. At $79.95, might not be a serious contender for now but very well
could be in the future. Currently, though, is too
slow and lacking in too many features to contend with many of the
HTML editors, with the exception of the even slower WYSIWYG
editors like Internet Assistant for Windows 3.x.
Pros: WYSIWYG interface, under intense development, many new
features
Cons: Not the easiest editor to use, sllooowwwwww, some features
still missing
New: WYSIWYG support for forms and tables development,
Netscape 1.x tags, more
Version Reviewed: Beta 22
Date of Review: 1/24/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud
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