Have you ever wanted to design a website without ever knowing one line of code? I know I have! Well, if that is you then you are in luck. I just came across a program called Muse, from Adobe. Here’s the program description:
Design and publish HTML websites without writing code
Create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish original HTML pages to the latest web standards without writing code. Now in beta, Muse makes it a snap to produce unique, professional websites.
Check it out in action:
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No Code. Great design options. Adobe Muse. Is it the future of web-design?
Does this look promising?
Would you be willing to try it out, or will you loose your web-design job because of this?
rafael armstrong says
Sounds to me like Adobe is trying to horn in on the business built by Photoshop plug-ins like SiteGrinder and apps like Freeway…
Brian Alexander says
I haven’t heard of SiteGrinder, or Freeway, but Adobe always does a great job at beating the competition with great apps.
April says
I don’t think the use of code will ever go out because even if you build a site with something like Muse, you can still incorporate code whenever you need to tweak something specific. But I don’t see this creating a problem for web designers necessarily either, after all most companies do not have time or know-how or desire to even use a program, that’s why they hire out.
Brian Alexander says
Great thoughts April.
That is a good point. Most companies these days just stick with what they know already and never try to expand their knowledge base to any other software.
Mike says
It looks interesting, but I still think the future of the web lies in content that can be edited anywhere from any computer. Using a program like this limits you to one person updating the site, but Content Management Systems like Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, LightCMS, Concrete and others allow you to edit the site using only a web browser. This would probably appeal most to small businesses that don’t update their sites much.
Brian Alexander says
Agreed Mike. Great thoughts.
Mark Robinson says
It would be interesting to see what the output is like. Will the markup be riddled with adobe terminology and so on.
Could be interesting to mock up sites and get the bulk of css written – if the markup is sensible
James Cooper says
Yeah, I want to see the code as well! I’ve yet to see a wysiwyg with really good markup…
Brian Alexander says
James, same here. I wonder what it will look like when I try it out for myself.