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Google debuts WYSIWYG site creator

Of course I'm seeing the standard "OMG< I luv google!!!1!1!!!" response to this. The templates look awful. Seriously, I could have come up with something up that looks better and I suck at graphic design. I really don't see what the big deal here is. They only support IE and Firefox. I don't use Firefox, so if I want to use Google Pages, I have to start up Firefox. I'm better off just using iWeb, Rapidweaver or Sandvox instead. All three have way more features, are just as easy to use and have excellent looking templates.

Once again, Google disappoints.
 
I'd say it's far from garbage.

iWeb is no better, nor is RapidWeaver.

The benefit of this is that a) it's free b) you can edit your site from any computer, not just your own that has a certain app installed.

Of course if the same features + an over-priced and under-featured .Mac account is appealing, then opting for the other "garbage" would make more sense...
 
Josh said:
Bingo. It's hard to complain about something that is free.

Besides, Google hosts the site you make, all for free.

Can rapidweaver do that? iWeb?


Google has a leg-up here.
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it's not free. it just costs no money. but you have to sign up for a google account what means you have to care about another login/account. and it's made to lock you in even more into the google world. down the road they will start charging money for "premium services" and spam you. on top the sniff through your data and create and sell your user profile.

with iweb i have more control and integration in my system. google of course is not integrated into the ilfe suite.

so i prefer the iweb, ilfe, .mac combination. it's hassle free. it also costs no extra money (assuming that you have ilfe and .mac anyway).
 
andiwm2003 said:
it's not free. it just costs no money. but you have to sign up for a google account what means you have to care about another login/account. and it's made to lock you in even more into the google world. down the road they will start charging money for "premium services" and spam you. on top the sniff through your data and create and sell your user profile.

with iweb i have more control and integration in my system. google of course is not integrated into the ilfe suite.

so i prefer the iweb, ilfe, .mac combination. it's hassle free. it also costs no extra money (assuming that you have ilfe and .mac anyway).
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Google Pages is free in both senses of the word. It costs no money, and you can also edit the HTML any way you like.

iWeb does cost more additional money, since it requires .Mac, which is indeed not free. .Mac is $99 a year.

In comparison to Google's service, that can hardley be seen as equal.

iLife integration is definitely a plus, no doubt about that.

But no reason to pay for iLive 06 (79) and .Mac (99) - almost $200, when you can do the very same thing for free (albeit a different method of doing it).

All I'm trying to say is that Google's tool is not garbage. Just because Apple didn't make it does not mean it's worthless.
 

"iWeb does cost more additional money, since it requires .Mac, which is indeed not free. .Mac is $99 a year."



iWeb does NOT require .Mac, you can publish to a folder and upload to any webserver. Please read through the iWeb posting before making such claims.
 
its down for now....

i need to work on my site. i'm not so sure that i want to use Rapidweaver. there are just some restrictions that i can't get past. iWeb lets me be a bit more creative with what i want to do. i can almost get a totally blank template out of it. i need to look into wordpress, but i'm not sure how to get started with that. this would've been an interesting option to look at. at least as a starting point perhaps.
 
kvanwagoner said:
iWeb is pretty slick but the pages tend to open very slow.
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yeah thats because it makes just about everything an image. i think the trick would be to make your pictures as small as possible or whatever you're putting on there so iWeb can't bloat them too much. and if you're not useing iWeb on .Mac the pages load much faster.
 
kvanwagoner said:

"iWeb does cost more additional money, since it requires .Mac, which is indeed not free. .Mac is $99 a year."



iWeb does NOT require .Mac, you can publish to a folder and upload to any webserver. Please read through the iWeb posting before making such claims.
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Doesn't change the fact that it is still a part of a $79 suite. The point still reimains: iWeb is not free.
 
Josh said:
Doesn't change the fact that it is still a part of a $79 suite. The point still reimains: iWeb is not free.
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no its not free. but considering that it comes in a bundle of apps its not that expensive either. its what $20 of the iLife suite?
 
PlaceofDis said:
no its not free. but considering that it comes in a bundle of apps its not that expensive either. its what $20 of the iLife suite?
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True, but that dosn't really matter, since you can't buy just part of an iLife suite.

You either need to purchase a new mac which comes with iLife 06, or purchase iLife 06 on it's own. The latter being the cheaper, it is still infitely more expensive than Google Page creator, which is free.

iWeb is something that not only costs money, but is a system-specific software. Google Page Creator on the other hand is 100% free, can be used by anyone, and does a good job at what it does.

I just don't understand what all the negative complains towards Google's tool are about; they're certainly not deserved.
 
Josh said:
True, but that dosn't really matter, since you can't buy just part of an iLife suite.

You either need to purchase a new mac which comes with iLife 06, or purchase iLife 06 on it's own. The latter being the cheaper, it is still infitely more expensive than Google Page creator, which is free.

iWeb is something that not only costs money, but is a system-specific software. Google Page Creator on the other hand is 100% free, can be used by anyone, and does a good job at what it does.

I just don't understand what all the negative complains towards Google's tool are about; they're certainly not deserved.
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i'm not complaining. i haven't seen google's templates just yet.
and i wonder how thier code is?
 
My biggest complaints with Google's new service is that the templates don't look good. They look amateurish and outdated. I guess I went a little overboard. Google Pages may not be garbage, but it's certainly not extraordinary. However, like most everything else Google does, it's being hailed by many as the greatest thing ever.

I think Google is starting to do too many things while not doing many things well. Do a few things, but do them well is a good motto, and it's why Google got so big. They're straying from that now.
 
PlaceofDis said:
i'm not complaining. i haven't seen google's templates just yet.
and i wonder how thier code is?
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To be honest, even though I like Google (can you tell? :)), I was pleasantly surprised by their code.

I expected tables, and was pleased to see that they use 100% CSS-based design and good code.

Given, hand-coded sites will always be better to accomplish something specific, I think Google's code is quite good.
 
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