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Frontpage VS Dreamweaver

Anyone have experience on both Frontpage & Dreamweaver?
How are they compare in the following area?
- Cross-platform/Browser compability
- Features & power
- easy to use

I considering to use frontpage because I will also use InterDev.
Is this a correct choice?
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I've use Front Page as my primary html editor for about two years.  I have been using DreamWeaver 2.1 for a few weeks now.  Dream Weaver Rules!  I have less problems with Browser compatibility. It has excellent documentation & HELP files, Slick site management (lots of features) , GREAT editor (lots lots more feature)!!! It's Fast!!!,  Probably harder to learn (but more fun to learn)  FrontPage May be a better choice if Interdev utilizes the FrontPage extensions in any useful way and Microsoft software works well with Microsoft software.  DreamWeaver though,is a superior program.  
Dreamweaver here.  Mostly because it doesn't add all the extra folders and extensions and the result can be uploaded with any FTP program without problem.
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For price, Frontpage, for toys and prizes, Dreamweaver.

But to answer your question, Dreamweaver has much more Browser compatability ease, (remember, Frontpage is by Microsoft), features, Dreamweaver, ease of use, HomeSite 4.5 from Allaire...

Mark
I agree with Mark that Dreamweaver is stronger on broswer compatability. Both are fairly easy to use, and Dreamweaver has more power than Frontpage.
However, I don't use either.
Frontpage tends to add extraneous tags that are not wanted nor needed.
Dreamweaver makes a mess out of previously existing code, so you'll have to go through by hand again and rearrange it so it's readable.

Fair warning. Other than that, both are reasonably good visual formatting software.
Just to back up what Brigid stated, I presently use Homesite and a product called CoffeeCup for html editing.  

I use a program called Professional File Editor, (Freeware) for scripting, but have started to use Homesite for this also... PFE is nice cause you can specify which program you want to use to test scripts, not just browsers, but debuggers, command shells, etc...

Mark
I have used both and ended up siding with Dreamweaver because it provided better capabilities (plus not every webserver that you may
host your site on will have frontpage extensions installed to use all the frontpage options)

Dreamweaver also has the best cross-browser capabilities plus
can integrate with Allaire's ColdFusion and Homesite.  You can't beat
that!!! :-)

CJ
I answered this same question for FREE in the FrontPage category...
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