My arguments are not about whether it is better to be able to code by hand or use a WYSISYG app. Whichever method you use there will be an HTML page, full of code. My argument is about the lack of HTML and structure in WXD pages.

The W3C develop the HTML language and they determine what the vocabulary is and how it should be used. They give us ways to identify headings, bullets, tabular data etc. The tags are there for good reason.

XWD has done away with the vocabulary of HTML and just uses positioning divs and fixed font sizes. So, why is that a problem?

I stated earlier that most people would be able to determine headings, bullet points, structure etc of a web page just by looking at it and that has been pointed out again in a few other posts. However, there are many people who can't look at a web page - no matter how big the font is. Blind and seriously visually impaired people use screen reading software to help them get content from the web - screen reading software actually reads the HTML content of the web page, not the screen itself - see the link below as to why we need to have headings, bulleted lists etc and why structure is important.

http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-fr...-readers.shtml

It is also worth mentioning that in many cases it is a legal requirement to make websites accessible - see the RNIB site http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups...legalcase.hcsp

MikeM - I tried exporting and then editing in EW2 but I won't be doing that again

Covoxer - You make a lot of good points but why should I have to draw my own bullets when HTML provides nestable ordered and unordered lists with definable bullet characters, including images? Xara make a point of avoiding bullets in their software - you can't DTP them either!

  • Bulleted lists
  • are great
  • and even
  • this editor supports them!

as easy as
  1. one
  2. two
  3. three


Ron