[thelist] WYSIWYG x-browser design - is it a reality?

[Bill Haenel]

> He's under the impression
> the 'real
> professionals' don't do anything by hand, or at least, not much. Comments?
>
> spinhead

Must mean "real..."  marketing  "...professionals".

I recently had the pleasure of removing, by hand, over 300 redundant font
tags created by someone using Dreamweaver Ultradev. The page had been edited
on a daily basis over the past 6 months or so, using no CSS, and by someone
who had no technical knowledge of web development and design.

Granted, we use DW extensively and love it. But it needs to be used
carefully and properly, just like any professional tool. It requires
practice and know-how, as any auto mechanic's tool would to be used
properly. It cannot be used as a fancier MS Word or Power Point, which is
too often the way it IS used by those whose background is mostly in MS
Office products or the like.

BH