[Web4lib] Dreamweaver 8 vs Microsoft Expression Web

[Micah Stevens]

The preview version has a tendency to overload pages with inline styles, 
much akin to Frontpage, something I dislike quite a bit. However it's 
much better than Front Page, and doesn't do strange things behind your 
back when you're working directly with the code like it's former self. 
It's clearly much evolved away from what you expect from Microsoft for 
this sort of thing.

I have to restate though that I was using a preview version which is 
likely less polished than the current release. There also doesn't seem 
to be any support for non-microsoft server side code such as PHP, or 
Java servlets. Just ASP. Nor does it run on anything but windows, so if 
you need cross platform support, you better use Dreamweaver.

All in all, I'd say Expression is a great package, but Dreamweaver would 
be my choice of the two. It has a much larger support base, you can get 
it for multiple platforms, most professionals will have it, so it's 
easier to network, and it's been in the field longer.

My personal favorite is a good text editor. :) Cross platform and 
standards compliant, and it always does what you tell it to do.

HTH
-Micah



On 02/27/2007 09:54 PM, Charlie Irwin wrote:
> I went to the Microsoft Expression Web site and it doesn't display 
> properly in either Firefox (2.0.0.2) or Opera 9.10. Makes me wonder if 
> - like FrontPage - MEW is optimized for IE.
>
> Charlie Irwin
> Austin, TX
>
> Carole Suzui wrote:
>> Has anyone used Microsoft Expression Web, the web authoring package 
>> that is
>> replacing FrontPage?  How does it compare to Dreamweaver 8 in advanced
>> features, learning curve, tech support, and standards.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>
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