browser independent editor?

[John]

Is there a web editor that works at a higher level than HTML/CSS like
publisher, and generates pages that are *automatically* compatible for IE
and firefox?

In other words, a browser independent web editor?

Publisher's primitives are a close match to HTML/CSS so it would be a good
candidate for this feature. But right off the bat I read that I shouldn't
use master page if I want compatibility. What a disappointment.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

Publisher's master page is related to print only, website master pages are
different.

Expression Web
Dreamweaver

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Coffee Cup
Serif's WebPlus

you can even use just a text editor...like Notepad etc.

 

[John]

Expression Web

In what way is this browser independent? It would prevent me from creating
web pages that displays differently in IE and firefox? Ditto for the rest.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

There really is no such animal, every html editor will let you run amok -
you need to learn what works with which browser and any work-arounds that
are needed. There is no magic pill yet, maybe when all browsers really
adhere to standards it will be so...things are headed that way but it's a
slow process it seems.




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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[DavidF]

There is no such thing as a "browser independent web editor". What Rob gave
you was four programs that come closer to producing "w3c standards compliant
code" that will be read the same way by browsers that also try to be "w3c
standards compliant". Reference: http://www.w3.org/

What you seem to be asking for is a web editor that produces html code that
will always automagically work equally well in every browser made, or that
will be made, and there simply is no such animal...nor will there be. Every
browser interprets code a bit differently. But if you choose to use a web
editor that produces "w3c standards compliant code" then it is more likely
to have good cross browser compatibility as browsers are changed to work
with those standards.

Publisher is not a web editor. It is a Desktop Publishing Program. Depending
on the version you use, it can produce html code that is cross browser
compatible, but it cannot convert all print formatting into web formatted
html code that is cross browser compatible. There are things you can do in
print that will never translate to web format, no matter what program you
use. This simply means that there are designs that will print...but will not
convert to html that is cross browser compatible. Therefore you need to
change your design accordingly. Design for the web, instead of print.

A big part of web design, regardless of what tool you use, is to design such
that your pages will be cross browser compatible. By definition this places
limitations on what you can do with every tool. Once again there is no such
thing as "browser independent" code...just code that approaches "w3c
standards compliant code".

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Rob,

This post of yours finally showed up for me just a brief time ago, even
though you wrote it this morning. If it had arrived in a timely manner, I
would not have written my redundant post. Sorry about that.

This forum/newsgroup is getting increasingly funky with posts delayed, and
sometimes never showing up. I hope MS doesn't force this group into forum
format like Web Expression...it is bad enough now.

DavidF

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

I think the nntp server was stuck or something...had a few messages that
took forever to send (like all day).


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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression