Tools for writing (X)HTML: Editors
(Sources for Images and Graphics Tools can be found below.)
Also note that links on the Web are notoriously ephemeral. If the links below don't work, try a search for the product name (perhaps without the manufacturer) on Google. And if you like, let me know, so I can update the link.
| Name |
Description |
| WYSIWYG |
| Macromedia Dreamweaver (M, W) |
$400. Probably the most popular editor among Web professionals. |
| Adobe GoLive (M, W) |
$400. Formerly GoLive CyberStudio. Dreamweaver’s main competition. |
| NetObjects Fusion (M, W) |
$150. NetObjects WYSIWYG editor for professional Web masters. |
| Microsoft FrontPage
(M, W) |
$170. WYSIWYG Editor from Microsoft Corporation. FrontPage Express is also included with Microsoft Office. |
| Netscape Composer |
Much improved editor included with Netscape Communicator |
| Corel HoTMetaL
(M, W) |
$100, WYSIWYG editor that creates standard, universal (X)HTML and XML. Formerly from Softquad. |
| Text-based |
| BBEdit (M) |
$120. Excellent HTML editor from Bare Bones Software. The most popular non-WYSIWYG HTML editor. |
| HotDog Professional (W) |
$100, Sausage Software. “Express” version also available. |
| Macromedia Homesite (W) |
$100. Formerly Allaire HomeSite. Popular text-based HTML editor for Windows, now included free with Dreamweaver. |
| World Wide Web Weaver (M, W) |
$60, Miracle Software |
Images and Graphics
| Yahoo |
List of sites with graphics |
| Lycos Picture Gallery |
Searchable database of images and sounds |
| Google |
Site that searches the Web
for images that fit your
criteria |
| Adobe Photoshop (M, W) |
$600. Excellent, all-purpose image editing program.
Version 7 includes ImageReady, Adobe’s Web graphics
program |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements (M, W) |
$100. A remarkably robust, consumer-end version of the excellent Adobe Photoshop |
| Macromedia Fireworks |
$300. A specialized graphics program for creating Web images |
| Macromedia Flash |
$500. Designed for creating Web animations. |
| Paint Shop Pro (W) |
$100. Jasc Software. Powerful image editing program for Windows. Commercial and shareware versions available. Supports JPEG, PNG, GIF. |
| GraphicConverter (M) |
$35. Thorsten Lemke’s image editor for Macintosh. Reads and writes an incredible array of graphics formats, including Progressive JPEG, GIF89a (Animated), etc. |
| LView Pro (W) |
$40. Popular shareware graphics program. |
