Brett Lorenzen wrote:
> Kayla Block wrote:
>
> > I will pass this back to our marketing folks and see what they
> > think. People on this list are outside of our target market
> though, so it
> > could go either way.
>
> This may answer the question "should I stick with HS or switch (again)
> now". Are you saying that web designers aren't the target market for
> the product anymore? I seem to remember getting a lot of mail from them
> when HS first came out . . .
Aye, aye, aye. Though it's annoying for me to defend a commercial product
someone else is making, you've got me. From the beta version and it's tools
it is clear to me that the target is web developers. Not FrontPager's. Not
wysiwyg "can't do squat with the f'd up code"rs. Developers who want to
write/edit their code and want sensible shortcuts (customizable, many of
them) to do it.
> This mean they're targetting corporate desktops?
If by this you mean people who are unwilling to learn html, no. If you mean
developers in corporations, yes. For developers using CF, they would be
targeted with CF Studio. Homesite 3 and 4 also have some CF editing tools
built in. You might say that the CF options in Homesite should be able to be
turned on/off and I won't argue with you.
> GeoCities site
> builders?
Um, heh heh. I suppose there are all kinds of GeoCities builders (I'm pretty
sure you meant the "end users" that make their "home pages", not the
GeoCities site development team). Perhaps some people will want to use
Homesite. If they do, they'll learn more than if they use FP or PageMill, so
more power to them.
Brett, I suggest either you get on the Homesite beta team or wait until the
product comes out before getting afraid of the direction it's taking. If you
don't like some things in version 3, then by being on the beta team you can
supply input for v4. If you don't want to add to the development project and
you don't like HS3, then just stop using it.
If you get on the beta team and don't like the direction things are going
and see no turning back, then mum's the word. When the v4 release comes out,
word will fly across the net and we'll all know what the development team
finally settled on. If at that point they get bad reviews, well, at least
they'll be for the shipping product. If it gets good reviews and looks like
a tool worth having, well, good. Either way, once it ships, the decision is
yours. If you get involved in the beta, and you don't like the final
release, at least you can say "I told you so".
BTW, if you stop using HS3, let me know what you pick instead, I'd certainly
be interested.
Jack
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