The authors state at the beginning of their skimpy documentation: "We believe that applications should be designed for use without manuals." Maybe, but GoodPage doesn't appear to be designed that way at all. That statement presupposes an completely intuitive interface, users with similar intuition and a relatively simple program. In all fairness, these suppositions don't hold with any software that performs non-trivial tasks and comprehensive documentation significantly shorten learning curves.
That said, although difficult to use, GoodPage is a very interesting program with enough clever and unique features to warrant a look if you have the time. The only major problem I found was that the ftp service wouldn't generate a remote file listing.
My GoodPage license included a license (free) for FlyPath, a very nice, fast, small footprint file manager. It comes much closer to the intuitive ideal touted for GoodPage.
GoodPage
graphical HTML/CSS authoring tool
Version: 1.3.1
Really needs documentation.
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: alphamanque Saturday, December 30 2006 @ 03:17 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
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Really needs documentation. - mactheweb
Absolutely spot on about the documentation. They may believe that good programs don't need it. They're wrong. GoodPage is a bit too complex to master without documentation.As a professional web designer I'm always interested in applications that will speed my workflow. This might, but I'm not willing to spend hours of otherwise billable time to maybe or maybe not learn how to effectively use this program. Trial and error is not only time consuming but always misses important functions.
At a third or a quarter of the price I might be willing to buy it and learn it over a few months. At $100 it is in the range of pro programs. But professional programs have professional level documentation. Doing without is a lazy cop out and loses my potential purchase.
Too bad. It might be a great program if it were documented. Even a quick start guide would help. As it is it isn't worth more than the 2o minutes I've already wasted.
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