I can't argue with most of that WFC, but what I find interesting is your experiment re:

- time to build it
- time to edit a page
- time to add a page
- time to edit the menu

Above all that I'd add, as a designer, what is the most effective, pleasing, simplest software to work within? ie can you work in a intuitive software that delivers the same requirement as your client requires? Boiling it all down to "time to" is short sited.

I really appreciate Xara's wysiwyg environment. I haven't found many other software titles that can do this. That's why I've moved away from CMS.

I agree re Artisteer, but as I'm no longer activly using CMS the lack of updates doesn't bother me now.