Why Reviews?
Every now and then I go out and take a look at various programs related to website design and development. Each of these programs usually have things I like and things I don't. None of which relate directly to the work I do at WiserWays.com and most of them have little to do with Microsoft FrontPage® other than possibly as a third party editor to use with it. So niether my MVP site mvp.wiserways.com or the site for the FrontPage SIG of HAL-PC are appropriate sites for posting reviews.
Until June of 2005, I was SIG Leader for the HAL-PC Web Technology SIG and reviews presented to the SIG would have been posted on that site. Many of them are still there.
What triggered this site was a combination of the announcement that Adobe was buying Macromedia placing the future of Macromedia Dreamweaver® in doubt and my purchase of an Apple PowerBook. While I have been using an older G4 tower to check sites it really did not have the horse power to run modern graphics programs and I was still running Dreamweaver MX on it instead of Dreamweaver MX 2004 that runs on my Toshiba m205 (I love the tablet form factor).
As a result of my PowerBook purchase, it was time to update my MacIntosh software.
In addition, I had started the online web design training site Start To Web and needed to decide programs to use as we expand beyond just FrontPage and Accessibility classes.
Given these two events happening at approximately the same time I decided to start by downloading the trail version of GoLive CS 2. As I began installing it I was taking notes in Microsoft OneNote® (a wonderful application that has made my life much easier to organize meeting notes, research notes and other bits and pieces I collect).
Soon I realized that I wanted to share my experience with more than just a few people at a SIG meeting. As a result this site was born. Over the course of time more reviews will be added and perhaps the ability to comment on my reviews. In the meantime, if you have a comment on something you have seen on this site send an email to cheryl at this domain.