[thelist] WYSIWYG editors (was: WebReview responds to WaSP)

Jay Fitzgerald jayfitz at bayou.com
Mon Feb 26 11:09:06 CST 2001


I have just started using ImageReady to "create" my code based on
designs created in photoshop....hand-coding is getting old to me so I am
looking for a faster way to create...

Does anyone have any experience with IR? The code it generates is the
cleanest I have ever seen, even next to DW...Is there a downside to
using IR like I do? Please advise before I get toooo comfortable using
it.....lol

jay

"Charles F. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> aardvark <roselli at earthlink.net> typed:
> 
> > well, while the statement may not be qualified correctly, it is still
> > accurate... those who use WYSIWYGs *exclusively* (which is the
> > missing qualifier) are still going to churn out non-compliant code...
> 
> strong agreement here! i've seen this many times, and i've had to clean up
> some really ugly pages created with WYSIWYGs.
> 
> but i do think Dreamweaver 4 has advanced to the point where it's very
> useable; it does not create bloated, unreadable code with weird tags like
> another WYSIWYG editor (GoLive) that shall remain (GoLive) nameless. i use
> it primarily to get all the mundane housekeeping stuff out of the way
> quickly, then go to BBEdit for most of the code and comments.
> 
> clean, tight, compliant code is possible with DW 4, but not unless you have
> a solid understanding of HTML. if you don't, it's all too easy to create
> nightmare tables with unnecessary column and row spans and tangled thickets
> of redundant FONT tags.
> 
> from the web review article that started this thread:
> 
> "There is no excuse at this point for any of us working at the professional
> designer or developer level to not have at least a working understanding of
> how to write decent markup. The information is out there."
> 
> charles johnson
> lgf web design
> http://littlegreenfootballs.com
> 
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