Comparison of Web Authoring Tools
(NetObjects Fusion, Microsoft FrontPage, and Macromedia Dreamweaver)
Introduction to Web Authoring Tools
It is easier than ever to create a Web site with an HTML editor, as software developers continue to add tools that let you develop advanced features with style. Today’s Web authoring tools can provide the power to build an interactive, animated, state-of-the-art Web site suitable for anything from a personal Web page to a midsize business site. New Web designers don’t need to know HTML to create discussion groups, pop-up windows, navigation bars, animated page transitions, Dynamic HTML, or a dozen other advanced features in order to integrate them into a site with an elegant and consistent design.
In this paper, three popular Web Authoring Tools will be introduced and compared. Three Web Authoring Tools are NetObejcts Fusion, Microsoft FrontPage, and Macromedia Dreamweaver. However, there has to be thought to keep in mind regarding these comparisons.
As newer versions of each program come out, the features that each offers become more and more similar. When the first versions of each software came out, there were distinctly different in the features that they offer. But current versions of Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Macromedia Dreamweaver 3, and NetObjects Fusion 5.0 now share many common features.
Types of Web Authoring Tools
Pure WYSIWYG (What You See Is hat You Get: pronounced"wiz-ee-wig") editor:
With a pure WYSIWYG editor, you work entirely in an interface that resembles a desktop publishing program. These programs are best suited for those wanting a great-looking site that’s not very hard to build. NetObjects Fusion and Drumbeat are examples of