I have noticed a trend in HTML software in the last few years that I think is motivated by the changing computer technology. There was a time when HTML editors, free or not, were plentiful. But that is not so now. Fewer and fewer open source or free versions of HTML software are offered. With that trend add the new, emerging generation of technology users who have never had to build anything from scratch. So there seems to be lesser need for code level control. Now the only available HTML editors I can find are either for a fee, and very expensive, or come packaged with other development tools that I don't need. I can't find a stand alone HTML program. It seems developers are now required to know and use many other programming languages and practices. The programs are becoming more complicated and multifunctional. So I guess, I have to, also, by necessity. Some day old fogies will tell stores of building websites by hand and buying software programs from stores then loading and setting them up on their desktops to younger generations who will fall into two groups. They will either work in the cloud or never will do any code level work and will only know to click a mouse. The separation is becoming wider. This is scary to me because it sets people up to be victims unless they stay on top of technology to protect themselves and it means that hand coding is becoming more and more specialized so that no one person can do it anyone. Good or bad, it is what it is. Lorrie On 04/13/12 14:01, -rt_/) wrote: > Thanks to all who responded. I appreciate the comments and the help. > > It does sound, though, like many of us are using older software; some of the > programs mentioned aren’t available any more. (I’ll still use FrontPage ’98 > when the desktop gets its new motherboard.) Not sure I have the heredity > correct, but it seems like Coffee Cup is the new Nvu and Sea Monkey is the > new Netscape Composer. Coffee Cup has two versions, a free one without > WYSIWYG and a $49 one with (seems pretty cheap). The free Sea Monkey’s > WYSIWYG is the Firefox engine. > > In googling on the subject and reading reviews, I don’t see anyone talking > about CSS or SSI support for the WYSIWYG. Is it because they’re now taken > for granted? (FrontPage supports CSS , not Perl SSI – one learns to work > around it and check after uploads.) > > On another note, viewing websites on this small laptop screen gives a > renewed appreciation for sufficiently large font sizes, The feature of > Chrome I use most often is the zoom to at least 125%, sometimes 200%. It > seems like most sites are trying to crowd too much onto the page, making it > all unreadable. > -rt_/) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've been using Bluefish for a while. It's pretty good for working with HTML. Not my favorite program. That one died an inglorious death last year. The biggest issue I have with Bluefish is the way it supports customized tags. Installing in Windows can be a bit of a pain but not bad and definitely do-able. Kompozer, the successor to NVU, has a fair HTML mode. On 04/13/2012 03:07 PM, lrlaskey wrote: > I have noticed a trend in HTML software in the last few years that I > think is motivated by the changing computer technology. There was a time > when HTML editors, free or not, were plentiful. But that is not so now. > Fewer and fewer open source or free versions of HTML software are offered. > > With that trend add the new, emerging generation of technology users who > have never had to build anything from scratch. So there seems to be > lesser need for code level control. Now the only available HTML editors > I can find are either for a fee, and very expensive, or come packaged > with other development tools that I don't need. I can't find a stand > alone HTML program. > > It seems developers are now required to know and use many other > programming languages and practices. The programs are becoming more > complicated and multifunctional. So I guess, I have to, also, by necessity. > > Some day old fogies will tell stores of building websites by hand and > buying software programs from stores then loading and setting them up on > their desktops to younger generations who will fall into two groups. > They will either work in the cloud or never will do any code level work > and will only know to click a mouse. The separation is becoming wider. > > This is scary to me because it sets people up to be victims unless they > stay on top of technology to protect themselves and it means that hand > coding is becoming more and more specialized so that no one person can > do it anyone. > > Good or bad, it is what it is. > > Lorrie > > > On 04/13/12 14:01, -rt_/) wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded. I appreciate the comments and the help. >> >> It does sound, though, like many of us are using older software; some of the >> programs mentioned aren’t available any more. (I’ll still use FrontPage ’98 >> when the desktop gets its new motherboard.) Not sure I have the heredity >> correct, but it seems like Coffee Cup is the new Nvu and Sea Monkey is the >> new Netscape Composer. Coffee Cup has two versions, a free one without >> WYSIWYG and a $49 one with (seems pretty cheap). The free Sea Monkey’s >> WYSIWYG is the Firefox engine. >> >> In googling on the subject and reading reviews, I don’t see anyone talking >> about CSS or SSI support for the WYSIWYG. Is it because they’re now taken >> for granted? (FrontPage supports CSS , not Perl SSI – one learns to work >> around it and check after uploads.) >> >> On another note, viewing websites on this small laptop screen gives a >> renewed appreciation for sufficiently large font sizes, The feature of >> Chrome I use most often is the zoom to at least 125%, sometimes 200%. It >> seems like most sites are trying to crowd too much onto the page, making it >> all unreadable. >> -rt_/) >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._