Goodbye Frontpage

Maybe its not news or maybe you already heard, but Microsoft has killed Frontpage. Admit it, we all have used Frontpage. I actually found it to be quite powerful for what I was doing. Of course, I was smart enough to avoid using their Themes system (which is how it earned the reputation of generating ugly websites).

I’ve since moved on to Dreamweaver, but what is Microsoft going to do next? In the interest of knowing what’s going on (whether or not I’ll ever take a close look at these programs), here is the answer from PixelMill (a template site):

“SharePoint Designer 2007 and Expression Web Designer are both solid replacements to FrontPage. SharePoint Designer has been positioned as the enterprise solution to be used with Microsoft’s SharePoint solution, and Expression Web Designer has been positioned as the new ‘designer’s’ tool.”

Read more: PixelMill – April 2006 Newsletter