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Review of Claris Home Page
Table of Contents
- Product Specifications
- System Requirements
- Product Description
- What I Liked about the programs.....
- What I didn't like about the programs.....
- Ratings
- Contact information
- Pricing
- Computer system this software was reviewed
Product Specifications
Platform: Macintosh and Windows 95 and NT
Media Format: CD-Rom
System Requirements:
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Macintosh |
Windows |
|---|---|
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Mac OS 7.5 ro greater CD-ROM Drive |
Windows 95 or NT CD-ROM Drive |
Product Description
Claris Home Page allows you to create Web pages quickly and easily. Some of the things it can do:
- Add HTML elements without typing any HTML code
- Create, copy, and test links easily
- Create tables and frames
- Create interactive forms
- Edit HTML cource code
- Preview your Web pages in a browser
- Upload a Web page or Web site to a remote server using FTP
- It supports Java applets
What I Liked about the programs.....
I was particularly impressed with the simple, unintimidating page layout. There aren't so many icons to look at that you get freaked-out. The manual also was not an inch thick tome, but was fairly short. It explained the Web and Web pages very understandably, and gave you some hints on design and structure.
I like onscreen help and was able to find what I needed very quickly.
There was a great little tutorial at the back of the manual, with only one flaw that I could see.
What I didn't like about the programs.....
What irritated me about the tutorial (and this may just be a personal thing), was that after every section in it, the manual repeated the instructions for "Closing the lesson", if you wanted to take a break. It was the exact same instructions 6 times!!!! I don't think that was necessary.
I didn't really expect it, but I was hoping that Home Page could open and edit an existing html document (not prepared with Home Page.) I couldn't.
Rating
(Rated on a scale from 1 Dome to 5 Domes. 5 Domes being excellent and 1 Dome being not worthy)
Value for the Money: (4)
Usability: (5)
Installation Ease: (5)
Manual: (4)
Contact information
Claris Corperation
800) 331-6187
URL: http://www.claris.com/
Pricing
Suggested retail pricing is $99
Computer system this software was reviewed.
These programs were review on a PowerMac 7500 (with 17" color monitor) with 24mb or RAM and a 2 Gig hard drive running System software 7.6.1.