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What are the top web design tools?
Category: Computers > Internet Asked by: davious-ga List Price: $12.00 |
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25 Aug 2002 00:17 PDT
Expires: 24 Sep 2002 00:17 PDT Question ID: 58293 |
I'd like to know what the most popular software packages that web designers use to build web pages are. For example, frontpage and dreamweaver are very popular, but what are the other top tools? I'd like some information like the total number of users, marketshare or something else to qualify the answer. I'm looking for web design tools here, such as frontpage and dreamweaver, not associated programs like photoshop. |
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Re: What are the top web design tools?
Answered By: easterangel-ga on 25 Aug 2002 01:42 PDT Rated: ![]() |
Hi! Thanks for the question. Popularity measurement among web authoring tools depends on different perspectives. In terms of usage the following survey of the Security Space website provides an eye-opener. The page gives a note on how they arrived at the figures. The top ten are as follows: 1. Frontpage 2. Netscape Composer 3. Adobe GoLive 4. Adobe Pagemill 5. Microsoft Frontpage Express 6. NetObjects Fusion 7. MS Word 8. IBM Homepage Builder 9. Namo WebEditor 10. Microsoft Publisher Dreamweaver placed only 17th on their survey. The complete report could be found at: Web Authoring Tools Report August 1st, 2002 http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200207/webauth.html On the revenue and market share side of things its a little different. Microsoft, Adobe and Macromedia are going head to head against each other. What is the reason for this? Remember that the Security Space website is only a survey and have just a small sample plus when it comes to revenues and market share, different sides of the business now comes to play. Furthermore, Dreamweaver is geared more to the high-end professional market. In a rather dated report which is 2000, it shows that Microsoft Frontpage still leads the way with 39.1% market share as against Macromedias 17.4% and Adobes 9%. Adobe, Macromedia rapidly becoming publishing rivals http://news.com.com/2100-1023-246913.html?legacy=cnet However; after a year or so Macromedia and Dreamweaver became the choice for high end or professional web authoring market and has grabbed market share from MS Frontpage. In 2001 Macromedia market share grew by 70% and purchased Allaire Corp. by $360 million to be a giant in the professional web authoring market. Macromedia Snaps Up Allaire By Thor Olavsrud (January 16, 2001) http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/10_561871 According to a more recent study by the Web Assist website meanwhile, Dreamweaver market share has already increased to 78%. Through constant innovation, Macromedia has advanced the Dreamweaver Web development platform, making it the market-share leader on Windows® and Macintosh® platforms. According to PC Data for June 2001, Dreamweaver holds 78 percent of the professional Web authoring market and outsells Adobe® GoLive by four to one. Business Technology Integration With Macromedias Dreamweaver Platform White Paper by Tim Sweeney (March 2002) http://www.webassist.com/Media/WhitePapers/WA_TechnologyIntegration.pdf Search terms used: Web authoring tools market share I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if you would need further information. Thanks for visiting us at Google Answers. Regards, Easterangel-ga | |
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rated this answer:![]() easterAngel went above and beyond the call of duty to find me some extra info. Thanks very much. |
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Subject:
Re: What are the top web design tools?
From: till-ga on 25 Aug 2002 02:26 PDT |
I´d like to add a personal experience to easterangel-ga´s answer. I´m a webdesigner and I´ve tested several design tools in the last years. In my opinion netobjects fusion is one of the best tools you can find to develop standard pages. I´m not talking of websites with 1,000 pages but in most cases you´ll get along with this software. It´s flexible, fast, reliable and you´ve got a huge community of millions of users. So support isn´t a problem. Fusion ist however not suitable if you plan to make a dynamic, database driven page unless you´re familiar with e.g. php and mysql. To find out more about this excellent tools you should have a look at: ( http://www.gotfusion.com ) Of course this page has been made with fusion. till-ga |
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Re: What are the top web design tools?
From: siliconsamurai-ga on 25 Aug 2002 13:11 PDT |
If the questioner was asking to decide which programs to study for possible employment then stick to the most expensive ones. If you simply want to build some Web pages, use www.homestead.com for simplicity sake. If you are going into the business yourself then you probably need to use a range of tools from Homestead for the most basic sites to Macromedia for the high-end development and expect to do some hand coding. I have most major packages from Fusion to the Adobe and Macromedia products and each has it's merits, although the Adobe and Macromedia offerings are extremely sophisticated for the average user. For really advanced, enterprise-class Web development, look into .NET from Microsoft. |
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