NetObjects Fusion 4.0

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NetObjects' $299.95 Fusion 4.0 web authoring and site management software adds features specifically for creating and managing corporate web sites. Its extensible component architecture links to such back-end server applications as Allaire ColdFusion, Lotus Domino and iCat Commerce Server, but the product is available only for Windows, not the Macintosh. Fusion's well-designed interface makes it easier to use than other web development and management programs. Its Site view provides multiple tree and outline views into which page icons can be dragged and dropped to change the site structure. The Assets view allows images to be substituted, links to be edited and verified, and global changes to be made to files and references. The Page view features toolbars providing access to standard HTML objects and entitites, and its new Screen Door uses JavaScript to identify the browser being used to view a page. The Style view features coordinated backgrounds, buttons and text styles, and the Publish view makes it easy to modify the directory structure, create naming conventions and upload all or part of the site to a server. Fusion is a good choice for businesses wanting to create dynamic web sites.

United States, Web site management software, NetObjects Inc., NetObjects Fusion 4.0 (Web site management software)

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Web design face off: Adobe GoLive takes on Macromedia Dreamweaver

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Adobe Systems' GoLive 4.0 and Macromedia's Dreamweaver 2.0 WYSIWYG web development software packages are both quality products, but they have definite strengths and weaknesses. Both feature quality documentation and intuitive interfaces that provide easy access to image rollovers, DHTML timelines and other complex features, although the interfaces tend to become cluttered. GoLive's layout grid is useful for designing pages to the pixel level, but the code it creates is complex, adding considerably to page size and download time. Dreamweaver features dynamic templates that link new pages to the original for easy changes, and the program is much more extensible than GoLive. GoLive's HTML editor is flawed by the complexity of defining new tags, whereas Dreamweaver's HTML editor can dynamically update code and mark sections as off limits. Both programs can build and manage cascading style sheets (CSS), JavaScript and DHTML, but the code is bloated.

Software Publishers, Computer Language Software ex Military, Software multiproduct review, Dreamweaver 2.0 (Web authoring software)

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Adobe GoLive 4.0

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Version 4.0 of Adobe Systems' $299 ($99 upgrade) Web authoring software is an outstanding product but is actually not much transformed from its previous incarnation as GoLive CyberStudio 3.0, before Adobe bought it. Version 4.0's improvements include new JavaScript capabilities, support for Active Server Pages (ASP) code, and minor changes to its interface. There is also a noteworthy QuickTime editing module. Generally speaking, Web authoring software has been hard pressed to keep up with the publishing community's demands while at the same time staying current with browser innovations. GoLive does an adequate job and should be considered by designers and Web publishers.

Software, Adobe Systems Inc., ADBE, World Wide Web

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