[thelist] Dreamweaver versus Frontpage versus Notepad

[Christian Heilmann]

> > each unto their own - as a Coldfusion programmer, I love
> > Dreamweaver's text
> > editor - it saves me hours - and RSI - with its tag completion.
> 
> Visual Studio .NET 2005 seems to promise XHTML compatibility - can anyone
> using the Beta release confirm this? I'm waiting with anticipation for a
> copy of the latest release to be delivered.

Compliance is good, being maintainable is another thing. 
Here's a bit of a "xhtml compliant document" generated from RoboHelp:

<ul style="margin-top:0cm; " type="disc">
 <li>
  <p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial; ">There
is currently a major CR which </span></span></span><span><span><span
lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
">Steven</span></span></span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-family:Arial; "> is aware of which could push the
     timeline for code completion out.</span></span></span></p></li>
 <li>
  <p class="InlineNormal5">The object model is being re-factored
     as a consequence this will impact on the development timeline and
     consequently testing.</p></li>
</ul>

It is valid, but reskinning that or converting it via XSLT is hours of fun. 

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