Labels:text | paper | font | screenshot | menu | publication | number | printing | document OCR: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Product: Adobe PageMill 2.0 Claris Home Page 1.0 Manufacturer: Adobe Systems Claris 1595 Charleston Rd. 5.201 Patrick Henry Dr. PO. Box 7900 Mountain View, CA 94039-7900 Santa Clara, CA 90052 (415) 961 0590 (408) 727-8227 Prices $99 $99 Requirements: Macintosh with System 7.1 software end 68020 or higher, or a Power Macintosh with System 7.1.2. Dragging and dropping between Aciobe Windows version requires Windows 95 of Windows NT 3.5.1 or later, an Intel 486 compatible PC, 8MB of available memory df you're using PageMix and other applications requires System ? Pro or later. Adobe Windows 95 (16Ma for Windows NT): 4MB available hard disk space and PageMit needs 4MB RAM (5.5MB for Power Macintosh): 10ME of a 3.5-inch high density drive, Macintosh version requires a Power available hard disk space, a 4-bit pray scato monitor or 8-bit color Macintosh or Macintosh with 68020 or higher processor, System 7.1 or monitor QuickTime 2.1, and the QuickTime PowerPlug, which is higher, SMB of available RAM, and 6MB avaitthie hard disk space for the required for the Power Macintosh ont full installation. Installation: bpicel point-and-click Macintosh installation-in other wonis, very Easy: it's the typical point and click Macintosh installation. simple. The majority of the installation process is spent filing out the registration form. Documentation: The user's guide comains an excelent tutorial, and there is a chapter The brief user's guide is written for both Macintosh and Windows users. on basic concepts, as well. As a reference tool, it is wel presentod and does a good job of covering the differences without cluttering the and very easy to look things up in. The manual has excellent references meral; however it onit touches the basics of each area. A more in-depth for more information throughout, and it has a complete index and helphi discussion of topics such as image manipulation and Java support- as appendices. well as a more complete index -would be nice. The manuel, along with design and troubleshooting tios, are available in HTML format, which you can access at any time during page development. Technical PageMil is a level-] product, meaning you get person-to-person help Telephone hotine support is available from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific time, support: for one incident. Additional person to person support is svatable on Monday through Thersday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Standerd product a fee basis. I called once and was able to speak with a knowledgeable support is available free for 90 days from your first call to Claris technical Support person, who solved the problem within a few minutes. The Support, I made a number of calls to Chris, and the Support staff was company also provides e-mail and Web-based support, fax-based, excellent. The waiting time was very short, and at my questions were and an included CD-ROM provides technical notes answered ether immediately or soon after a little research. There is a TOD line for the hearing impaired. Additional support services can be purchased on an as-needed basis for $2.00 per minute. A complete soicction of 24-hour seven days week online support is available at the company's Web site and va CompuServe, American Online, and fax-back. Warranty: Ninety days Ninety days from the date of purchase. Easo of uso; The software follows Macintosh conventions well, so most Macintosh users will find it easy to create Web pages without leaming any HTML Using the program is very similar to using a word processor, and, anned with a general understanding of Web pages, most users will find Web Creating more complicated pagos using nostod tables. frames, authoring with Claris Home Page 1.0 easy. graphics, and forms is not difficult, but linking could be improved with 8 fio searching feature. A basic understanding of how the Web works and a thorough knowledge of fie locations and how links work is essential. Robustnossy Forms, nested tables, graphics translation, and image maps are all well Importing and exporting pagas between different platforms, as well 85 comnpat bility. supported, Advanced Web masters will appreciate the ability to drop cliting pages created with other Web euthuring tools, worked fre, Preview directly into HTML code editing to add new features as well as boire mode is limited, so a third party browser, such as Netscape Navigator, is able to hide unfamiliar HTML code, such as Javascript and Activex required to view the pages .. Controls. Excharging data between applications, as well as transferring files across different platforms, Is well supported. the product is very compatible with other Adobe presentation pobushing products, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe PageMaker --- as well as Microsoft Excel for inputting information into tables. Imported HTML generated either from another Web authoring tool or directly edited worked well. Applicability- The product is simple enough for novice Web developers who have The product is very Macintosh tke and well suited for the most novice of mastered the Macintosh and who understand Web page fundamentals Web page developers, Anyone who needs to create a simple Web page Its tight integration with other programs and support for achancedi Web and who has a basic understanding of the Macintosh and the Weh can page development make k a real time-sever for Webmasters wanting to produce pages effortlessly. The product is a Ille behind in terms of focus more on design and content presentation than on HTML syrvar. support for HTML 3.0 Netscape extensions stich as frames and plug-ins, so advanced Web developers may want to wait for release 2.0 Test environment: Web authoring System: Apple Power Macintosh 7100, 80 with 48MB RAM, 750MB hard disk drive, Macintosh System 7.5.3. web server. 133MHz Pentium-based PC compatible with 128MB RAM and 6GB hard disk, running Unk (BSDI Inteme; Server 2.1), with an Apache 1.1.1 Web server. ISDN [one B channel, of 64Kbps) connection to the Internet.
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