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Scorecard and NetResults: HTML editors

Network World, 9/8/97

Scorecard

             NetObj. HotMet- AOL    Hot   Back   Home  Arach-   Netsc.
             Fusion  aL Pro  Press  Dog   stage  Site  nophil.  Compos.

Overall        8.3    8.0    5.8    5.5    5.1    4.3    3.5    2.7
HTML content
editing(20%)   10     10      6      6      8      4      6      3
Site mgmt.
features(20%)   9      9      7      3      1      4      6      1
Forms
editing(10%)    8      5      8      8      8      1      2      1

Table
editing(10%)    9      5      8      8      6      6      2      6
Frames
editing(10%)    8      5      8      6      1      6      2      1
Doc. import/
conversion(10%)	2     10      2      1      1      2      2      1
Client/server-
side image map
editing(5%)    10      8      8      8      8      1      1      1
Upload to srvr
facility(5%)   10     10      2      8     10     10      1     10
Templates/
wizards(5%)     8      8      1      8      8      6      1      8
Documentation/
online help(5%) 8      8      1      3      8      6      3      1

Weight refers to the percentage weight given each criteria in our 1-10 ranking (with 10 being the best).

NetResults

NetObjects Fusion 1.2

NetObjects, Inc.
2055 Woodside Road
Redwood City, Calif. 94061
(415) 482-3200
Fax: (415)562-0288
Web site
Pricing: $195
Pros: Elegant interface Powerful templates; Excellent site management facilities.
Cons: Complex.

HoTMetaL Pro 4.0

SoftQuad, Inc.
20 Eglington Ave. West, 12th Floor
P.O. Box 2025
Toronto, ON, Canada M4R 1K8
(416) 544-9000
Fax (416) 544-0400.
Web site
Pricing: $129
Pros: Editing can be done in tag, raw HTML, or WYSIWYG view; Great site management facilities; Terrific bundled tools.
Cons: Complex.

AOLPress 2.0

America On Line, Inc.
Web site
Pricing: Free
Pros: Free; Good site management facilities; Good frame and table editing.
Cons: No templates; Poor help system; Very AOL-centric.

HotDog Professional 4 beta

Sausage Software
Level 25, 150 Lonsdale St.
Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Fax: (+61)-3-9663-1096
Web site
Pricing: $129.95
Pros: Good table editing.
Cons: Poor site management.

Backstage Designer 2.0

Macromedia, Inc.
600 Townsend Street
San Francisco, Calif. 94103
(415) 252-2000
Fax (415) 626-0554
Web site
Pricing: Desktop: $299; Enterprise: $999
Pros: Good help system.
Cons: No frames support.

HomeSite 2.5

Allaire Corp.
One Alewife Center
Cambridge, Mass. 02140
(617) 761-2000
Fax: (617) 761–2001
Web site
Pricing: $29.95
Pros: Low cost.
Cons: Poor site management; Poor link verification; No image map editing

Arachnophilia 2.5

Paul Lutus
Ashland, Oregon
Web site
Pricing: Free
Pros: Free; Good range of features.
Cons: A little primitive in its presentation; No templates; No server upload support.

Netscape Composer (part of Netscape Communicator 4.01)

Netscape Communications Corporation
501 E. Middlefield Rd.
Mountain View, Calif. 94043
(415) 937-2555
Fax: (415) 528-4124
Web site
Pricing: $59
Pros: Low cost.
Cons: Currently buggy; Limited features; Poor help system.

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