That may be true.
I’m not able to do some things with HTML, and so it may be limited in some ways beyond my skill set.
Thanks for the mention of the other product.
Is it similar, but more complex?
There are lots of similarities, but also some key differences. Here are some features of Expression Web (EW) I like:
- Drag and Drop -- You drag files or folders directly from your desktop to your website's file explorer on the leftside panel of the EW tool.
- Intellisense -- As you write a CSS style or HTML element, Expression Web tries to complete the text for you, or drops the closing tab onto the text. And if can control how much automation it does for you.
- Interface Options -- If there are 50 options available to you in KompoZer, then there are probably 500 in EW. A lot of these design options I have never explored -- its overkill in many cases.
- Redesign the Interface -- The modular capability of EW is very good. You can move sections around easily and hide sections you don't use.
- Error Checking -- This is a biggy. If you forget to close a tag or insert some code in error, EW will color code the portion of the text to alert you. This is particularly critical in CSS coding because one line of error could stop the next 50 lines of CSS to not work properly.
- Tutorials -- While I would not say that MS's documentation is excellent, there are at least some on-line tutorials that walk you through typical coding scenarios.
- YouTubes -- As I write this, I have also just discovered what looks to be some excellent YouTubes on EW. Looks I need to carve out some time to explore these myself.
Actually, someone like you can benefit from EW's richer features because you are already familiar with HTML editors. So by all means, give it a try.
And responding to your questions in this casual way, I guess I've almost finished the content for a vanity post on the same subject.
A lot of people out there have no idea that a full-blown, professional-grade HTML editor like MS Expression Web is out there and it's free to download.