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Friday, May 7, 1999

GoLive Evolution in Retrospect

It's been almost 3 years since its debut, and GoLive has grown by leaps and bounds to become the Web design tool we all know and love. During it's lifetime GoLive has received some rave reviews, and has also been the object of some pointy criticism at times. Has it survived its naysayers? You be the judge.

    gonet golive Pro 1.0

    • MacUser: August 1996
      With a few new features, some interface improvements, and some bug fixes, golive has the potential to give PageMill and company a run for their money. GO
    • MacWeek: September 23, 1996
      Good ideas and missing features abound in this first release of HTML editor. GO
    • CNET: November 6, 1996
      golive Pro 1.1 doesn't live up to its name GO
    • MacWorld: December 1996
      golive is an attractive program that shows promise, but it needs a bit more development before it will deserve serious consideration from Web-page creators. GO

    GoLive CyberStudio 1.0

    • CNET: April 23, 1997
      While perhaps not a fully mature release, CyberStudio looks like a promising tool for keeping the Mac on the forefront of site authoring and management. GO
    • MacWeek: May 6, 1997
      While no product can be all things to all people, CyberStudio is going to fill a lot of Web needs for many. GO
    • Writeside: May 10, 1997
      Elegant Web design tool offers precision and flexibility, but only on the Mac. GO
    • MacWorld: July 1997
      CyberStudio is destined to become the preferred site builder for Web professionals. GO
    • MacUser: August 1997
      For professional Web designers and site managers, there's currently no better visual Web-site designer than GoLive CyberStudio. GO
    • MacAddict: October 1997
      Still, in a young field of Web site tools (Microsoft FrontPage and NetObjects Fusion among them), CyberStudio is easily my tool of choice. GO
    • MacOpinion:
      CyberStudio is more than just a WYSIWYG HTML editor; it also offers site management tools and more extras than you'll find in other Web page editors. GO

    GoLive CyberStudio 2.0

    • CNET: September 9, 1997
      CyberStudio has proven a useful editor with a smart, organized set of tools. GO
    • MacNow: November 1997
      GoLive CyberStudio 2 is a very complete, Mac-only "Web Creation Solution". GO
    • MacWorld: December 1997
      CyberStudio remains the premier tool for creating Web sites on the Mac. GO
    • MacWeek: December 11, 1997
      Although it isn't perfect, it has a unique combination of features that suit designers using visual and text-based tools to assemble pages. GO

    GoLive CyberStudio 3.0

    • MacWeek: April 23, 1998
      With its new support for advanced HTML features, GoLive can reestablish CyberStudio's place at the top of the heap of Web authoring tools. GO
    • WebReview: July 10, 1998
      Elegant and rugged, CyberStudio 3 allows flexible and far-reaching visual control over Web site authoring and site management while facilitating a design finesse available heretofore only to hard core hand coders. GO
    • MacWorld: September 1998
      In the Battle Of the Web Editors, Cyberstudio Triumphs GO
    • CNET: September 29, 1998
      A sophisticated program for Mac users, but beware of browser compatibility issues GO

    Adobe GoLive 4.0

    • CNET: April 9, 1999
      If you're an experienced Web builder who is willing to tweak your code a bit, GoLive can help you create powerful, interactive Web sites. GO

David is currently a Designer for WebDawn Multimedia and trainer for GLH Training. He can be reached at david@portela.com.

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