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Tech Review #6 |
Weekly Web Review #6: by Shelley Rygg
Editors Web Editors
The short and long of it is that Web Editors still can't do everything. What Web Editors can do is take out some of the tedium from pulling together the basics of a web page or site. For the casual Web developer, MS FrontPage 98 is probably adequate, but it, of course, works best with the MicroSoft browser. There are a number of other Web Editors on the market which the professional developer will be more satisfied with.
HomeSite 4.0
Allaire Corp., http://www.allaire.com/ 888/939-2545
Direct price: $99 with manual, $89 electronic, 486, 8MB RAM, Windows 95/98
HomeSite is a shareware software that has been around for a couple of years. What sets it apart from other tools is the fact that it has a clean workarea in which the tools bars do not get in the way, or at least they can be controlled based on user need. Some of the outstanding features of this product include:
1) The Resource Bar which is a graphcial view of your pages and objects;
2) The Tag Definitions Library which lets you edit the tags and add your own;
3) Visual Tools Object Modeler which lets you script actions with VBScript or JavaScript;
4) Shortcut keys;
5) Code templates which let you create pre-typed code that you can insert which a shorthand language that you create.
6) Wysiwyg design view which allows you to move objects around and align them without having to go directly into the code.
Agile HTML Editor 1.2
Compware Corp. http://www.compware.unfortu.net License: Shareware; Windows 95/NT
Features Include: Tag editing; Color selection; Templates; Snippets; Syntax Coloring; Image Sizing; Page Preview.
Reviews & Comments from Website:
"It's just plain outstanding software"...
...is just one thing that TuCows said when it awarded Agile its maximum 5 "cow" rating. Agile came joint top in FileMine's head-to-head review of eight top HTML editors and gained maximum marks in all five categories when it was reviewed by Shareware Junkies. Most recently, Agile was awarded a maximum five star rating by 5 Star Shareware.
Comments from some of our many satisfied users:
"Agile has that hard to define quality like something hand built by people who deeply understand whats needed. It's up there with Mont Blanc fountain pens, Rolex watches and Morgan cars. It's really elegant in its design. I love it." Barry McCullough, Ireland.
"Agile is the BEST HTML editor around." Gary Kerkin, NZ.
"By the way, I really like this product. It works just the way it ought to. Every time I think of a feature I'd like, I discover it's already there, just where I'd look for it." Scott Pendleton, Oaklahoma, USA.
Lotus Domino/Notes R5.0
Lotus Development Corp. http://www.lotus.com
File size: 90.1 MB; License: Demo; Windows 95/NT
Notes release 5 is just about to hit the market and their product, Domino Designer R5 is an integrated development environment for creating secure business applications. New features in this version of Lotus Domino/Notes include new installation, an enhanced user interface (client, designer, and administrator), new R5 database format; native SMTP support; bookmarks (testable); a Directory catalog; IIOP (ORB) support; transaction logging and recovery; IIS integration; and editor and outline applets. Lotus Notes is a rich environment which is much larger than the other Web Editors reviewed. Notes can serve up Web applications and integrates the use of HTML, but it also provides its own flavor to the whole experience including a robust and powerful textual database environment.
Page last updated on 05/30/2000.
