Comments on: Goldfish – Web Design for the rest of us http://mactheweb.com/software-review/goldfish-web-design-for-the-rest-of-us/ Mac and the Web - Perfect Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:43:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Sascha http://mactheweb.com/software-review/goldfish-web-design-for-the-rest-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-23804 Sascha Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:07:09 +0000 http://mactheweb.com/?p=108#comment-23804 Goldfish would be a great tool, if it would work properly. I bought the license a month ago and since then I had to rebuild my site 4 times, because for no particular reasion the programm shuts down with a failure. In the beginning I exchanged some mails with the support, but then they stopped replying. I still hope it will get stable soon....and if you have lots of text to enter and change you will think of me... Good luck with it. Goldfish would be a great tool, if it would work properly. I bought the license a month ago and since then I had to rebuild my site 4 times, because for no particular reasion the programm shuts down with a failure. In the beginning I exchanged some mails with the support, but then they stopped replying. I still hope it will get stable soon….and if you have lots of text to enter and change you will think of me…
Good luck with it.

]]> By: michael http://mactheweb.com/software-review/goldfish-web-design-for-the-rest-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-72 michael Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:10:20 +0000 http://mactheweb.com/?p=108#comment-72 In answer to the first Poster. You're right, of course. FTP is easy to do. However, I also have to say that, yes, ftp is something that people trip over. As both an independent web designer who deals with clients and a university web design instructor, I've found that FTP has consistently proven a problem for people. I don't understand why. It just is. This is not just my experience either. I've discussed this with colleagues and they have noticed the same thing. In answer to Jim B, thanks for the pointer to Freeway. I posted <a href="http://mactheweb.com/software-review/freeway-web-design-for-designers/" rel="nofollow">a Freeway review</a> previously. While Freeway is a good program for its target audience, I don't consider Freeway, even the Express version, either inexpensive or particularly simple Both of which Goldfish is. Freeway ocupies the middle ground between friendly consumer oriented applications and complicated professional ones. As a semi-professional program it is better suited to the small business owner who wants a site, and is willing to put in the extra effort Freeway requires, or for a graphic designer who wants to make occassional web sites. In answer to the first Poster. You’re right, of course. FTP is easy to do. However, I also have to say that, yes, ftp is something that people trip over. As both an independent web designer who deals with clients and a university web design instructor, I’ve found that FTP has consistently proven a problem for people. I don’t understand why. It just is. This is not just my experience either. I’ve discussed this with colleagues and they have noticed the same thing.

In answer to Jim B, thanks for the pointer to Freeway. I posted a Freeway review previously.

While Freeway is a good program for its target audience, I don’t consider Freeway, even the Express version, either inexpensive or particularly simple Both of which Goldfish is.

Freeway ocupies the middle ground between friendly consumer oriented applications and complicated professional ones. As a semi-professional program it is better suited to the small business owner who wants a site, and is willing to put in the extra effort Freeway requires, or for a graphic designer who wants to make occassional web sites.

]]> By: Jim B http://mactheweb.com/software-review/goldfish-web-design-for-the-rest-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Jim B Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:55:41 +0000 http://mactheweb.com/?p=108#comment-71 Given the premise of your lead-in to this review, I'm surprised that you don''t know about Freeway Express and Freeway Pro, which do what Goldfish does but at a professional level. They have both been around for years. Given the premise of your lead-in to this review, I’m surprised that you don”t know about Freeway Express and Freeway Pro, which do what Goldfish does but at a professional level. They have both been around for years.

]]> By: Poster http://mactheweb.com/software-review/goldfish-web-design-for-the-rest-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Poster Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:53:54 +0000 http://mactheweb.com/?p=108#comment-68 Hmm. Are you sure that transferring files is a big mental obstacle? You create the files, save them, then put them where they need to be. If target audience is advanced enough to purchase web space, then they\'re advanced enough to launch their own FTP program. :) Hmm. Are you sure that transferring files is a big mental obstacle? You create the files, save them, then put them where they need to be. If target audience is advanced enough to purchase web space, then they\’re advanced enough to launch their own FTP program. :)

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