Posted by David Segall on 10/31/70 11:49

"Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com>" <dingbat@codesmiths.com>
wrote:

>
>David Segall wrote:
>> "Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com>" <dingbat@codesmiths.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >If beginners begin with Dreamweaver then they'll find it very difficult
>> >to learn to do things properly.
>> This is roughly equivalent to saying that if beginners use Microsoft
>> Word to produce a brochure they'll find it difficult to do things
>> properly.
>
>What's a "brochure" ? A one-off document that's printed and then
>mailed out as static paper?
>-- that's the difference. The web doesn't work that way. Good web
>design (and good tools) recognise this, DW doesn't.
What sort of distinction are you trying to draw? Are you saying that a
web page is substantially different from a brochure because a brochure
might last forever but a web page can be changed tomorrow?

Dreamweaver attempts to produce a document that contains the embedded
strings that are required to satisfy the visual requirements of the
user in exactly the same way that Word does. Dreamweaver goes further
because it tries to produce a document that is standards compliant and
cross-browser compatible. If that is not enough it provides direct
access to the underlying strings that control the format of the
document. It will even tell you exactly what CSS statements control
the format of a particular word or image in your document. Why do you
want less?

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