Posted by Spartanicus on 10/14/05 15:56

"PeterMcC" <peter@mccourt.org.uk> wrote:

>I see that Evrsoft have released a beta of 1st Page 2006.

Now there's a blast from the past, I never thought that this Homesite
clone would be revived.

>I know they rather
>spoilt their reputation with the saga of an imminent release that's lasted
>for a few years now but has anyone got any opinions on the 2006 version?

Slow as wading through molasses on my (old) system, it set a new startup
time record of a full 60 seconds, not even Java applications have
managed that.

I see that they've included a "WYSIWYG Design" feature which Homesite
dropped, as expected it promptly butchered a document I opened with it.

Still, it may be interesting for some, but I don't believe that there is
a market for a products like Homesite or 1st Page anymore. Frontpage,
Dreamweaver and GoLive have the WYSIWYG market, and 1st Page feels much
to bloated for a good editor.

Concepts such as tag insight and code completion are only useful for
people with an intermediate skill level, the rest of the program's
concept is imo also simply out of date.

I'll stick with the original (Homesite) until a better concept comes
along.

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Spartanicus

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