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On December 2, 1997 2:12 PM, Cheryle Wiese [SMTP:cjwiese -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM]
wrote:
> I've never used an HTML editor before, and am not sure that I like it..
There are HtML editors, and there are HTML editors. I've never used
FrontPage, but from what I've heard, it assumes that you want to do things
in a certain way and there's no way the default is that you're smart
enough to know what that way is. So, like you've noted, it does it for
you.
> However, I have a LOT of docs to convert, and using FrontPage does speed
> things up. Our company is also very "pro FrontPage."
Automatic conversion is always a good thing.
> Do others share my frustrations? Is this a function of using an HTML
> editor, or is just because I'm working with a Beta version? Does the
> released version of FrontPage '98 allow for more control over the HTML?
>
Just remember, you can always open up annoying HTML code in your favorite
text editor and edit it. Most text editors don't make any default
assumptions about your intelligence. ;-) Myself, I'd go nuts with an HTML
editor that reformatted things according to its internal tables, but
that's me. I think the comment about browsers not minding slightly
defective HTML code is assuming a lot of luck with the browser.
I'm also just an editing fiend by nature, so excess tags would bother me
as well.
