NetObjects Fusion 5.0

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003PNN1
• Item model number: FUSW500S-R-001
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,217 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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  #1 in	Software > Linux > Web Development > e-Commerce
  #6 in	Software > Web Development > e-Commerce
  #22 in	Software > Web Development > Web Page Editors > WYSIWYG

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
NetObjects Fusion 5.0 provides a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSWYG) interface, good for building business Web sites without HTML expertise. A great tool that makes the process quick and easy, NetObjects includes a variety of predefined styles, with graphics for banners, buttons, horizontal lines, and navigation bars. (Unfortunately, as usual with such predefined styles, most are too garish for business use.)

A warning before continuing: in testing this product, it crashed twice, the second crash resulting in a significant loss of data. Most frustrating, the company provided no option for phone support, and the online support was woefully inadequate.

But if you are new to Web publishing, NetObjects Fusion is still a very good tool to get you started. The crashes we encountered came in testing some Javascript features, which can easily be left out of simple Web sites. The program also comes with literature for a whole host of add-in products that make creating your first Web site even easier. If you are an experienced Web developer, you may want to look at Allaire's Homesite 4.0, but for beginners looking for a robust Web authoring tool, NetObjects Fusion is a strong choice for business application. --Rob Frankland

Amazon.com Product Description
It's never been easier to make your existing site more robust with NetObjects Fusion. Simply import your sites from remote Web servers or local hard drives into the NetObjects Fusion environment. And once you do, you'll immediately gain the easy-to-use, drag-and-drop power that has made NetObjects Fusion the leading small-business Web solution. The new NetObjects Fusion release raises the bar on ease of use, power, and support for small-business Web builders. It's loaded with great new features that make NetObjects Fusion 5.0 the best yet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NetObjects user interface is intuitive ....., June 20, 2000

By A Customer

There were some bugs with the original 5.0 release of this product, but the company does now offer a free patch from their website. (Personally, I never experienced any serious problems with the 5.0 version). As a professional designer, I build several web sites each month, and maintain dozens of sites. I use NetObjects for most of them. I would highly recommend this product to ANYONE who builds web sites, but in particular I'd recommend it to a small business person who wants to build and maintain their own site, without the help of a professional. This product is easy enough for a novice user, but yet it is extremely powerful. FrontPage is really no comparison -- with the pixel-level precision you get with NetObjects, you just have much more control over the appearance of your site.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much more robust than MS Frontpage, June 19, 2000

By	Lyle Dove (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews

I've been a user of MS FrontPage vX.X for several years now, and until now, thought it was the best WYSIWYG editor. I am by all means not a expert at designing web pages, and I don't have time to learn all the in's and out's of HTML. Considering this, I look for the easiest, and most professional web authoring tool that is easy to deploy, setup, and publish with. Best of all, Fusions HTML output works on ANY web server, so there are no FP extensions needed here for functionality. With the ability to utilize many professional templates, and integrate your own HTML should you wish, it is very robust. I would advise this for the very basic beginner, all the way up to the most proficient of programmers.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NetObjects Fusion 5 is even better than before., April 28, 2000

By A Customer

So far I have had no problems getting all of the features to work in Fusion. 5 is signifigantly better than 4. Once again NetObjects provides the people with an easy way to make websites that are functional and scalable.