Microsoft Developers: Messing with your head. Again
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No, but I'm not sure FrontPage '98 had the option to do so... and ok, so it's unfair to judge the current (or last) version on a bad experience, but... FrontPage - once bitten, twice shy!
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FrontPage 98 was a pain. 2003 is really nice to work with.
ed ~"Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -Frank Outlaw.
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True yeah, I guess this post was about layout and not so much code development! My bad. The only experience I have with Expression Web so far is in XAML and WPF. I haven't yet tried it for web sites - gonna hafta do that. I've been using VS 2005 since it hit the shelf and love it for web dev. Can't wait for '08. Here is a good video of Soma and Guthrie talking about what we can expect in Orcas: http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=329443[^]
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Thanks for the link... I had already saw that a couple weeks ago, and it definitely sounds like there's some cool things happening in 2k8!
Happy programming!
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I thought Frontpage had been replaced by Expression Web?
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Happy programming!
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I hate any form of working with a web page and have done for about 10 years (since I had a really nice WYSIWYG tool that actually did what you expected). Wish I could remember what it was. Pagemill maybe. Last night, I spent an hour using VS to try and insert a simple table onto a web page. The table sits inside a content place holder. As soon as the table width reaches about half the avalable width in the CPH, it starts to screw up the design of the MASTER page, changing column width etc. Trying to format the table borders is apparrently impossible. I could format the outer border as I wished but the only option I could achieve inside the table was to put a discrete border around every cell - and these borders don't join up. Does anyone know if it is possible to produce useable tables in VS/VWD? Rich
I think a lot of your frustration comes from the fact that editing a Word document, and a web page are totally different, and people don't like that. All the little subtle layout quirks that exist when doing web page layouts, and trying to get it to look the way you want it take time to figure out. Not to mention all the different browsers that render things slightly different... it is a nightmare for us web developers :)
Happy programming!