HoTMetaL Pro V3.0

overview:

• from SoftQuad Inc.
• seen in paris @WWW5
• my kit arrived on 12-jun-1996
• commercial product (ca. $150)
• WYSIWYG HTML editor
• available for Windows, Mac and UNIX
• Windows 95 look and feel (works on V3.1 & WNT too)
• similar to Word
• toolbar AND menu driven
• show and hide tags
• pre-defined and user writtable macros
• strong HTML (checking can be disabled)
• not extendible
• uses one or more external browser for preview
• built in spell checker and thesaurus (english only)
• print option
• handles various file formats including Word, RTF and text

new features of V3.0:

• support for Windows 95
• more WYSIWYG
• improved drag & drop
• more HTML tags and attributes
• graphical editing support for colors, frames, forms and image maps
• support for backgrounds
• enhanced table editor
• built in image editor (MetalWorks)
• support for Java applets, ActiveX objects and scripts

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