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Subject:Re: HTML word processor? From:David Meadows <david -at- GOLDENHEROES -dot- SOFTNET -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Wed, 5 Aug 1998 19:19:27 +0100
Brian Martin <martin -at- SODALIA -dot- IT> wrote:
>David said.
>This is a great misconception. There is no such thing as a WYSIWYG HTML
>editor.
>
>Brian says:
>
>I think David is exagerating a bit. Pretty-near WYSIWYG HTML editing is
>available. I am currently using Front Page 98. I like it a lot. It
>allows you to work in near WYSIWIG, hand code/debug HTML tags at the
>click of a tab button, view what you've done at the click of a tab.
Only a slight exaggeration. When you publish your site on the web, let
me have the URL. I will view it in Lynx and send you screen shots to
prove my point.
For those that don't know, Lynx is a text-only browser. No fonts other
than courier, poor paragraph justification, no text decoration, and no
images. Lynx is still widely used.
Brian, you are talking about "GUI" editing. Your editor may have a
graphical interface, but what you see in your editor is *not* what I
will see in my browser. That's the point I was trying to make, and it is
an important consideration in HTML page design.
>Keep in mid that to use Front Page, you must install a web server. I
>can't remember if it has to be Microsoft's, but that's what we
>installed. Furthermore, MS web server requires that you have NT.
You don't need a web server to use Front Page. Also, Microsoft have a
(low-end) web server for Windows 95.
>David is correct, though, that no HTML editor can guarantee what the
>viewer will see.
Oh... we were on the same wavelength after all! Sorry...
--
David Meadows [ Technical Writer | Information Developer ]
DNRC Minister for Littorasy * david -at- goldenheroes -dot- softnet -dot- co -dot- uk
"Is not this the most reprehensible form of ignorance,
that of thinking one knows what one does not know?"
-- Socrates
