HTML Web Weaver was written and is being maintained by the author of HTML SuperText, and Web Weaver picks up where SuperText left off.
HTML Web Weaver was written and is being maintained by the author of HTML SuperText, and Web Weaver picks up where SuperText left off.
One of the nicest things about this editor is the way it visually distinguishes between HTML tags and text. By default, tags are displayed in a green 7 point Geneva font and text is displayed in a 12 point, black Monaco. This makes it easy see what is text and what is HTML. These text distinguishing characteristics are customizable through a preference setting.
Web Weaver allows you to create FORMs through a dialog box and the elements of the FORMs are manipulatable while they are contained within the dialog box. Once they are rendered as HTML, then you must edit them manually. It provides the same functionality for the various types of lists.
The creation of links and anchors are also done through dialog boxes. This is both a blessing and a curse. Many times you want to past the entire URL of an item into a link and this can't be done through the dialog box. On the other hand, since it remembers past links, you can easily select parts of previously used URLs to create new links.
Like its forbearer, HTML Web Weaver allows you to create new, customized HTML tags. It is easy enough to do, but unfortunately, all your tags end up on one very long menu making it difficult to get to them. To reduce the effects of this problem you can create custom floating palettes containing the tags you use most frequently, but close the palettes because you won't be able to get them back again without recreating them. HTML Web Weaver also allows you to change your HTML document's font, size, and style. These features seem rather superfluous considering the text is intended to be rendered through a WWW browser.
Eric last edited this page on September 26, 1995. Please feel free to send comments.