Friday 3 June 2011

What is WYSIWYG

Why some HTML editors are called WYSIWYG editors? What does this means and why it is never completely true?



HTML editors assist web page designers in the preparation of HTML code. There are two primary types of editors -- text editors and WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get Web-editing programs are programs that are used to create Web sites. 

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Web-authoring tools. These tools provide an environment similar to a word processor for Web page Development and entire Web sites. Again, there are many products you could choose from in this category. Some of the most popular are Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, NetObjects Fusion, and Microsoft FrontPage. The major browses also come with free Web authoring tools. Netscape Composer is part of Netscape Communicator, and Microsoft FrontPage Express (a scaled back version of FrontPage) can be bundled with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Web-authoring tools offer you an authoring environment tailored specifically to create Web pages. The Web, however, poses different problems. For example, a Web page might appear different depending on which browser the audience is using, whether they're on Windows or Macintosh, etc. 

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