Bye-bye, FrontPage in New Office, Says Microsoft: Could it be? I hope so. Long live Contribute.
Microsoft will close the book on its FrontPage Web-design program with the release of Office 2007, formerly known as Office 12, late this year.
Microsoft Expression: I knew this was coming, but I just stumbled on the site this morning. This is the replacement for FrontPage, and the supposed competitor to Dreamweaver. Expression Web is a professional design tool to create modern, standards-based sites which deliver superior quality on the Web. …
Can we finally admit that the FrontPage experiment has failed? You know -- the promise that FrontPage will allow novice Web authors to create and maintain (especially maintain) good, solid Web sites? Can we finally admit that this just isn't going to happen? How many people know someone that…
Good riddens.
but, hey: 1) FrontPage 2003 was problably the first not-so-bad FrontPage in history 2) afterall, they are releasing Visual Web Developer and Expression (argh) at the same time
FrontPage 2003 was problably the first not-so-bad FrontPage in history
It was better than any previous version, but I wouldn't say it was good.
More and more everyday, I believe in the Dreamweaver / Contribute model. A "developer" and a "content contributor" are very, very different people, and they can't be expected to use the same tool.
I know it sticks in unnecessary code at times, but frankly I love frontpage. Easy as pie to use and create decent webpages with. From a no-professional design or programming aspect, FP2003 is great. Besides, when has a pro ever used FP for design, programming, or content creation.
FP serves a great purpose for ease of use in an Office type environment.