On Thursday 30 January 2003 11:08, Steve Bell wrote:
> To me, trying to code a visually stimulating website in HTML compares to
> trying to code a glossy brochure layout.

That's because you're not a programmer :)

>
> That "unnecessary" html that DW sticks in is necessary for one reason:  To
> make the web (web design) accessible to Joe Average, like me.

I can certainly agree there - for most people who want to do an amature 
website, DW is a good tool, and things like it (Frontpage as another example, 
but don't anyone dare name MSWord, ugh ;) make web publishing accessable to a 
lot more people. This is a good thing. However, what I object to (and I'm 
sorry Steve, I don't think it was even you who suggested this in the first 
place) is the notion of "professional" web sites being created with these 
tools. And the notion that a web page has to have big flashing (distracting) 
animations all over it, often required to view the actual content, when a 
simple static html page could have conveyed the same information in about a 
1/10th the load time.

>
> Heck, sorry I'm still continuing this OT debate.  I'll shut up now.

Me too, sorry.

>
> Peace
> Steve

Peace man :)
Gareth

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