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| PUBLISHER: | Adobe | DESCRIPTION: | HTML Editor |
| REVIEWED: | Version 2 | RATING: | 6/10 |
One of the first HTML editor to provide true a true WYSIWYG work environment, Pagemill will definitely appeal to users with little knowledge of the HTML language.
MAIN FEATURES AND BENEFITS
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A handy feature estimates the download size and
time for individual objects, frames, or the entire document for various web connection
types. |
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A simple, uncluttered interface which
gives the maximum amount of space to the HTML document itself. |
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Simplistic, ergonomic, and thoughtful
program interface which presents the user with only the information that they
actually need at any given time |
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A floating pasteboard for use as a virtual and
visible clipboard for storing images, text and scripts temporarily. |
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A very small palette of commonly used web colours
which can be instantly applied to selected text |
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Support for easy insertion and manipulation of
frames |
DISADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS
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Absolutely no mechanisms for user customization
of the application's interface, or tools enabling the creation of custom HTML
tags, colours, or text style presets. |
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Few site management tools present. |
REVIEW SUMMARY
Being an Adobe product, Pagemill offers the ease of use, intuitiveness, and desktop publishing orientation that you would expect from the publishers of Pagemaker and Photoshop.
At least in this version however, the lack of mechanisms for
adding custom buttons, tags and web colours, along with an absence of site management
tools (such as the ability to group HTML files into 'projects') suggests that
this is not a product designed to save HTML professionals large amount of time,
but rather a product designed to make it easier for Desktop Publishers to translate
their skills to the web.
If you can fit yourself into this last category, then Pagemill may be appealing,
but for most web designers, the relatively high price and lack of any real 'power'
features may be enough to dissuade you.
Written by Nick Smith