Microsoft Front Page: The best way to lose customers. Ever.
Ok, here's the deal. I'm tired of Microsoft. They make crappy, crappy software. If you want your web site to make a statement other than "My computer came with Microsoft Front Page and I didn't know better!", do yourself a favor. Buy the proper tools for the job.
I am at a point where I can spot a site developed in Front Page within 5 seconds or less of loading the page... And unfortunately, I've yet to be impressed by a single one of them. As a matter of fact, I'm going to hold a contest. Prove me wrong. (See below for details)
Not only are they generally covered in horrid colors and full of clip art style buttons, they require a specialized host set up to display these pages becasue they do not follow web standards. This may not only cost you more for hosting, but its almost certain to cost you customers who choose not to use Internet Explorer as their web browser, since many Front Page effects are IE-only.
The links below are to the tools I use every day, and the only ones you will ever need to do it right the first time. Almost all the products below offer free trials. (Remember, software piracy hurts everyone, don't do it!)
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JASC Paint Shop Pro / Animation Shop
Ultra Edit
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Flash
Adobe Photoshop CS Suite w/ ImageReady
CONTEST
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I will offer anyone who sends me a link to an impressive Front Page site a free Google Gmail account, whose membership is currently 'by invitation only' by curent members, which I am. I will also refer winning the submitter to a FREE MONTH of audible.com to download ANY TWO audiobooks completely free. The audible.com offer DOES require a credit card, but you will simply need to cancel anytime within the first month to avoid being charged the second month's subscription fee.
(I have just downloaded the last 2 Janet Evanovich books and i'm listening to them now.)
posted by Webmaster @ 9:40 PM
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