The reason Word HTML sucks arse

[meow]

Bill Gates:
- The company purposefully designed Microsoft Office so that its Web page output would render correctly only in Internet Explorer (IE). "Allowing Office documents to be rendered very well by other people's browsers is one of the most destructive things we could do to the company.This is a case where Office has to avoid doing something to destroy Windows.

Makes me wonder if they applied the same strategy when they put FrontPage together.

http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=24954

 

[Archbob]

Nah, frontpage documents sometimes doesn't even like IE, frontpage has alot of messy code. Its quite a mess.

 

[meow]

You mean Word doesn't/isn't? :smiley2:

 

[Archbob]

In my experience, all microsoft products generally suck at writing HTML. I just use notepad and editpad lite.

 

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Archbob
...all microsoft products generally suck at writing HTML. I just use notepad...

And who do you think created Notepad? Yup, you guessed it, Microsoft.

 

[meow]

It's above my limited perception how a text editor where you type the markup with your own chubby fingers can affect the quality of the output in any way. :classic2:

 

[Archbob]

Thanks for telling me Bruce.

Notepad is probably one of the best, if not the best applications made by microsoft.

 

[Moonman]

Originally posted by Archbob
Thanks for telling me Bruce.

Notepad is probably one of the best, if not the best applications made by microsoft.

definately.

 

[xsnetwork]

Originally posted by Archbob
Notepad is probably one of the best, if not the best applications made by microsoft.

I agree! I guess it is only the best because it is so simple so they didn't have much to muck up

 

[cheatpark]

When I was using frontpage with borders on my pages I got the page repeating about 4 or 5 times. Not sure why. :devious2: I also don't like frontpage extensions which I must say are pretty pointless when you can use something like php.

 

[Coolin]

I think they should open source Notepad.

 

[GregT]

i use 1st Page 2000 for making my sites , and before i used that i use WordPad

 

[LeX]

Originally posted by Bruce
And who do you think created Notepad? Yup, you guessed it, Microsoft.

Yes, but people use FP to write the HTML for them... people use notepad to write the HTML themselves. Kinda different.

Notepad sucks, actually.

 

[Pathetic]

1st page 2000 is the best.

 

[WebKami]

Dreamweaver the C:bandit2: :bandit2: L one

 

[Beowolf]

I guess it is only the best because it is so simple so they didn't have much to muck up

So what happened to ctrl-s and ctrl-a etc?

 

[Gayowulf]

Beowulf

:devious2:

 

[Beowolf]

Nope, I'm nothing to do with him. I chose my nick before I even heard of Beowulf and his saga.

It's caused no end of problems though.

 

[Gayowulf]

Originally posted by Beowolf
Nope, I'm nothing to do with him. I chose my nick before I even heard of Beowulf and his saga.

It's caused no end of problems though.

ok. You just heard the name and thought it was cool?

 

[Akalon]

Originally posted by Beowolf
So what happened to ctrl-s and ctrl-a etc?

They have that in Notepad XP.