What do you use for web design?

perpetual · #1 02-27-2002, 11:11 PM

Hey, what's the most popular tool for web design these days? still photoshop, fireworks, dreamweaver, flash?

ginakra · #2 02-27-2002, 11:45 PM

yeah, that's what I use :-) Know of nothing else software-wise that are as popular.

Burn any copies of FrontPage that might be thrown at you though. (it's not as bad as it used to be)

perpetual · #3 02-28-2002, 01:20 AM

I had a peek at fireworks cos the last version I used was like version 1 or something years ago, the new one seems funky. You can do drop down menus and displaced roll overs and heaps of great animations. Can a whole page be made using this? I haven't gone through it as thoroughly as i would like to at the moment.

sjau · #4 02-28-2002, 03:18 AM

well I do basic layouts and stuff in Dreamweaver 4 and then do refining and php scripting on EditPlus!

JayC · #5 02-28-2002, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by perpetual
Can a whole page be made using this?

Yeah, you could make a whole site with just Fireworks. But call me old-fashioned; I still like a little html in my websites!

agiledesigns · #6 02-28-2002, 03:41 AM

The most popular one by far is frontpage. I persoanlly use dreamweaver because it is very good and gives you alot of control. For more complex pages, you can use dreamweaver ultradev. Golive use to suck, I hear the new version is awesome though. You might want to check that out ( I know I will

). Whole websites cannot be designed in fireworks (unless they basically consist of only pictures).
anyway, you can try out all macromedia products at their website. I highly recommend them.

21inchguns · #7 02-28-2002, 07:49 AM

yeah macromedia products are great.....that is basically all I use, except for some photoshop and the like.........

Yep whole sites can be made in fireworks....(they will only be images as agiledesigns mentioned) but you can export to a html file, so it will automatically do all the slicing and create tables etc..........

IceBlaZe · #8 02-28-2002, 08:52 AM

I use frontpage to create the tables and all....
After that i clean up the code with notepad or UltraText or something (cant remember the name).
I use dreamweaver and flash for flash, and photoshop for images.
I use mostly imageready for slices and rollovers, and if its code I either code myself, or use fireworks for menus (very rarely).
I use Swift3D for 3d effects and all, because I suck at 3d studio max.

Chicken · #9 02-28-2002, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by IceBlaZe
I use frontpage to create the tables and all....
After that i clean up the code with notepad or UltraText or something (cant remember the name).

IceBlaze, you might like http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.html which is basically a text editor (like notepad), but made for HTML. Can create tables which don't need cleaning, etc. Has preview, etc., and a bit less gunk than some of the more powerful HTML editors out there. More or less simple to use and free.

MDJ2000 · #10 02-28-2002, 10:56 AM

Windows, I use Homesite and PhotoShop.
Linux, Quanta and the GIMP (still learning).

cheesysticks · #11 02-28-2002, 11:42 AM

Chicken, Arachnophilia is great! I use it a whole lot, espesialy for php. One of the great things I like about it is the ability to replace a variable name througout a whole site in seconds! I do wish that it would display "all" files to open instead of going down a list to find *.* which would make site wide changes easier but its still great and free. A great peice of software!

Also use Dreamweaver, notepad, kedit and vi, photoshop, Gimp, 3DStudio.
Dont use Fireworks because Im about as artistic as a brick.

diederik · #12 02-28-2002, 11:45 AM

I use DreamWeaver, Adobe Photoshop and EditPad.

Those programs rock

redjackryan · #13 02-28-2002, 12:10 PM

I've been using Netobjects Fusion for the last couple years.. Its fast and powerful, but not the cheapest package out there.

Incognito · #14 02-28-2002, 02:04 PM

But also use Namo Webeditor...the current version has most of the features of Dreamweaver, less expensive, and easier to use. I have recommended it to a lot of customers over Frontpage as it has a large number of templates and a good site wizard.