I'm just starting out on web design, so I'm using MS Publisher (2000) for design and layout and then 1st Page 2000 from Eversoft (free) for 'fancy' items for javascript and the like.
Publisher is just extemely easy to use and does some nice validation checks as far as it goes. The code looks pretty clean to me (as a systems script writer, that is). This version has some quirks when it comes to modifying forms (can't set tab indices, for example), but nothing I haven't been able to work around. The best feature for me is that I can setup my web page to match my letterhead, business cards, brochures, etc.
The 1st Page 2000 is pretty slick. It has several modes from Easy to Hardcore for all kinds of users. You can preview in-line with the source document or only view in an adjacent window. You can have multiple browser and preview in each of them. (This helped me catch a quirk about using <marquee> between IE and Mozilla). But the killer features for me are: (1) the TON of FREE CODE they include that you can cut and past into test documents - javascript, DHTML, Perl, cgi. (2) There is a built-in Reference tab adjacent to your working document so you can check all kinds of references on HTML, CSS, etc. (For some reason, it doesn't support scrolling mouse).
Good luck and it get a chance, check out http://www.enmaso.com and let me know what you think.
Breeze
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