A Personal Evaluation of HTML Editors for Windows 3.x

[02/02] Prices in U.S. dollars unless noted otherwise.

Table 1 summary shows programs/combinations that have support for clientside imagemap, frames, tables, and at least rudimentary help. It is recommended in any case to get the file wilbur31.zip, a Windows 3.x helpfile which provides information about the HTML 3.2 specification, how to apply it, and where to go online for more information. All the HTML Help distributions are listed on one page, and HTML 4.0 and CSS references are available in HTML format that could be used in Windows 3.x.

Table 2 is a more in-depth chart giving pluses, minuses, and how to get the files.

Table 3 is brief, and covers add-on utilities

Table 1 - HTML Editors For Windows 3.x - Evaluation Summary

Editors Which Will Translate Unix Text

Program Name Suggested Utilities/Prices [Price including Utilities]
Anansi MapThis! Free or Mapedit $15, Frame Tool $15 [$0-$30]
Aspire-X 3.1 MapThis! Free or Mapedit $15 [$15-$45]
DominHTML 1.5.16 MapThis! Free or Mapedit $15, Frame Tool $15 [$35-$50]
Webmaster Web Editor 1.0 MapThis! Free or Mapedit $15, Frame Tool $15 [$74.95-89.95]
HTML Notepad MapThis! Free or Mapedit $15, Frame Tool $15 [$60-$77]

Editors Which Can't Translate Unix Text

Program Name Suggested Utilities [Price including Utilities]
Web Weaver 5.4a MapThis! Free or Mapedit $15 [$29.95-$44.95]
WebMania Pro 2.0   [$49.95]

Table 2 - HTML Editors For Windows 3.x - Evaluation Report

Editors Which Will Translate Unix Text

Program/File Name
Category and Price
Description Download Info
Home Page
Anansi - anansi16.zip
Freeware
Pluses: It's free; does tables; has user-defined tags, configurable for external tools, choice of browsers, other perks.
Minuses: Tool bar is slightly cluttered, no frame tool (yet), no imagemap tool.
From Harry Bosma
Note: Check home page for upgrades.
SimTel, Winsite
Home Page: www.xs4all.nl/~hbosma/anansi
Aspire-X 3.1 - aspire31.exe
Shareware $15
Pluses: Does tables, imagemaps, frames.
Minuses: File sizes limited to 32K; imagemap tool is counterintuitive, help not very helpful.
From Aspire-x Computing
Home Page: www.aspire-x.com
DominHTML 3.7.1 - dfree41.exe
Crippleware $20
Pluses: Excellent helper for tables. User-configurable template, excellent user-defined tags option, can run helper apps.
Minuses: No tags/help for imagemap or frames.
From Domino Computing Services (U.S.)
Tucows
Home Page: www.dominocs.com/Freeware/
Webmaster Web Editor 1.0 (Professional) - wbm_gold.zip
Shareware $59.95
Pluses: Does tables. Built-In GIF Viewer, Intro to Frames, free image library.
Minuses: No tools for imagemap.
From V-Tech Software (Australia)
Dave Central, Winsite, Winsock-L
Home Page: www.vtech-software.com [Site blank 02/02]
HTML Notepad 2.3.1 - htmln231.zip
Shareware UK$24, US$45
Pluses: Has tags for tables, imagemap, frames; can make template files; *excellent* help menu is clearly written and easy to understand.
Minuses: none discerned.
By Cranial Software (UK)
Winsock-L, Strouds
Home Page: www.cranial.demon.co.uk/htmlnote/home.htm

Editors Which Can't Translate Unix Text

Program/File Name
Category and Price
Description Download Info
Home Page
Web Weaver 6.1 - webwv61.zip
Shareware $29.95
Pluses: Has tool for tables, excellent tool for frames
Minuses: Doesn't do imagemaps
From McWeb Software (U.S.)
Winsite
Home Page: www.mcwebsoftware.com
WebMania Pro 2.0 - wmnia20a.zip
Shareware $49.95
Pluses: Tools for tables, imagemap, frames. Programmable tag feature extends functions as HTML standard changes. Easy to learn; good help menu.
Minuses: none discerned.
From Q&D Software Development
Dave Central, Simtel, Tucows,
Home Page: www.q-d.com

Table 3 - HTML Utilities

Program/File Name
Category and Price
Description Download Info
Home Page
Cyberspider 2.1.6 - lnkchk21.zip
Shareware $35
Link checker: Will check your web pages for broken links and create a report of the results.
From Aman Software
Note: Check website for updates
Dave Central, Strouds
Home Page: www.cyberspyder.com
Frame-It - fit12116.zip
Shareware $15
Creates frames. Save to file or copy to clipboard for pasting to destination file. SimTel, Winsock-L
No Home Page Found
MapThis! 1.31 - mpths131.exe
Freeware
An excellent imagemap tool. You open an image file, mark the hot spots, and indicate the URL. Result is copied to clipboard for pasting to destination file. Requires Win32S to run on 16bit system Winsock-L
Home Page: University of Aberdeen, Scotland
MapEdit 2.59 - mapdst.exe
$25
Creates either clientside or serverside imagemaps. Also available in Macintosh and Unix versions. From Boutell.Com, Inc. (U.S.) Tucows, Winsock-L
www.boutell.com/mapedit
WebColor 1.2 - webcol12.zip
Freeware
Background color tool, generate background color statement which is copied to clipboard for pasting to destination file. In English/German, from Germany SimTel
No Home Page Found


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